Word: influx
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great value. The three large figure capitals are said to be the finest in the world--even the Louvre possesses nothing better, and the Trocadero was obliged to be satisfied with taking plaster models of them before they left France. All of which only further illustrates the present influx of valuable works of art from Europe into America. But if they are bound to come here surely a college museum open to class-room work and to the public, is a better home for them than private galleries where they are shut off from the general view...
...working of the new rules relating to the choice of elective studies. These rules now provide that every undergraduate, in order to obtain the bachelor's degree, must take at least one course in each of four designated fields or subjects. There has been a very marked influx into some of these courses; in one case the enrollment is nearly...
...this critical time reports threaten an influx of twenty-five million foreigners who intend seeking work in the United States. Immigration is no new problem but just now it assumes added weight; hospitality is not the only phase of welcome. Among the many aliens who come annually to these shores, a large percentage are of a low standard of intelligence, and while we may reap substantial benefits from their arrival, there are injurious effects as well to be taken into account. Not only does an inferior grade of foreign labor lessen available employment for Americans, but it tends to depreciate...
...machinery of the various executive departments of the University of Pennsylvania has been set into motion by the influx of letters from students who seek admission here in February. Hundreds of applications have been pouring in from all over the country, and while no definite count has been made as yet it is known that far more have applied this year than for any other second term in Pennsylvania's history...
...immigration problem has long been a vexing one for the United States. Before the war the number of immigrants and the consequent confusion and mistakes at immigration centers was steadily increasing. But the influx now, caused by the devastation and generally unsettled conditions in Europe, is enormous. Nor has the trouble been alleviated by the recent imposition of new tests and inspections. On the contrary, the situation is worse than ever before...