Word: inveigh
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...greater share of the immigrants, has accommodations for only 1,700 at a time. When 15,000 arrive in one day the station is "swamped." Immigration officials accuse the steamship lines of bringing hardships upon the immigrants. In England there are protests about the " brutality " of Ellis Island. Senators inveigh. Steamship officials protest that they are doing their best to mollify conditions under the present...
...wishes to see plenty of animal life and action, plenty of good, boisterous fun, let him go to the "Texas Steer," which began its second week at the Tremont Theatre last evening. There may be many critics who inveigh against the dramas of Hoyt-and this last is one of his best-but B cannot be denied that they afford pleasure to the majority of people, and soloing as this main object is encompassed, Hoyt's dramas will continue to meet with success. The various parts in this, "A Texas Steer," are well taken, as the continuous applause and laughter...
...misinterpreted the remarks made by us in reference to scholarships reserved for the students of divinity as intended to apply to all scholarships. What our opinions are on the general subject of scholarships is entirely foreign to the question discussed in the editorial referred to. Our intention was to inveigh against the custom of giving scholarships which are limited, to a greater or less extent, to the use of students studying for some particular profession. We selected the clerical profession, as this profession is the one generally preferred in the assignment of such scholarships. At Harvard one-sixth...