Word: equal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rooms, of each suite. In order to obviate any arbitrary action on the part of the committee, at least 20 choices must be specified. Groups will be considered in the order of their size, groups of 12, which are the largest allowed, receiving first consideration. Among groups of equal size those applying for fewer rooms will have the preference over those applying for more. In Hollis and Stoughton three or four men may apply for two rooms, that is a group of 12 men may apply for as many as 8 rooms and for not less than 6 rooms...
Dean Jones, in expressing an opinion on the new semester system, has pointed out three important advantages. First, if the college year is divided into two equal parts, courses are interchangeable, and two half-year courses may be substituted for one whole year course. Second, that this year the Promenade comes at the end of the first term, and the three-day vacation may be granted without interruption of the term's work. The third advantage is the addition of three days to the Christmas vacation...
...large inheritances were abolished, a more nearly equal distribution of wealth would be secured, but Socialism would not be reached because advantages in education would still exist...
...Walling defined Socialism as the conditions in which everyone is given equal economic opportunity. This means the abolition of the higher privileged classes. It was commonly held by our ancestors that three generations were required from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves. From this they argued that while large fortunes were amassed they were soon dissipated and thus wealth was kept uniformly distributed. This reasoning could not apply today for with the existing banking and brokerage systems a fortune once made is kept practically intact for years...
...Maine, however, made the team seem much better than it really was, many ragged ends being brought to light in the contest of the following week with Bates. There was no force behind the charging of the rush line, which the lighter but scrappy Bates forwards held to equal terms, and a 14 to 0 score brought home to the coaches the realization that there was much to be done. Nor did the team show much improvement against Williams, for it was not until the final period that the team gathered enough energy to crumple the opposing defense...