Word: equal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sharp contrast it is interesting to hear the opinion of Samuel Res. President of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and not a college graduate himself. "Other things being equal", said Mr. Rea recently, "the college man will go ahead faster and get further than the man who lacks that great initial advantage. We have reached the point where the preliminary training of a college or university course is no longer looked upon merely as an advantage but has become, practically speaking, a necessity for the young man who aims at a place in the executive forces." In the Pennsylvania system, where...
...extra days freed under this plan will be greatly appreciated by most instructiors, who are generally buried is work at the end of the year, as well as by the students. The extra time for study will give all men with examinations in the first few days an equal chance with the more fortunate majority...
...combining the good points of the two old systems and rejecting their bad ones. P. R. simply throws several single-member districts together into one electing several members, but it allows each voter to cast only one vote. This results in giving all the voters in the district an equal share in the election of the several members and in giving each party or united element the number of seats it deserves...
Directly after the cessation of hostilities a movement was started to find a means for rebuilding the library and replacing its contents by others of equal value. The movement soon became entirely American, and a committee was formed to look into its possibilities. This committee, composed of Mr. J. P. Morgan '89, Mr. T. W. Lamont '92, and others, gave one hundred and sixty thousand dollars as a personal contribution to the cause and the cornerstone of the proposed library was laid on July...
...sixth. Their fielding, too, improved and as a result the yearlings were unable to score until the eighth when the schoolboys had piled up six tallies. In the last inning McCarthy made a home run with one man on base, but the addition was not enough to equal the nine runs which the Freshmen had totaled...