Word: laborer
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...needed. The field of the course would, to be sure, be changeable, but in general it should cover the history and present statutes of pending movements and changes in American and European politics. Beside this it should include a discussion of any subjects of general interest, for example the labor movement. Only by some such training, however acquired, does a man feel himself able intelligently to cope with the questions of his time. For the sake of those interested, the CRIMSON would urge the faculty to add to the present elective list a course on the topics...
...worked as hard but cannot remember as well. The idea of returning the briefs to the juniors is an improvement over the course pursued last year, but it is still much inferior to the plan of giving a syllabus of the topic on the examination paper. The time and labor requisite for the preparation of three subjects is considerable, and, coming as the examination does at the busiest time of the year, it is evident that the attention bestowed on the subjects will be so slight that little benefit will be derived from the study of any of the subjects...
...Trades Unions have already done much to improve the intelligence and character of the laboring classes and are recognized as legitimate and just: Statistics of Labor, (1873) p. 261; Ely, Labor Movement in America...
...primary objects of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are beneficial aid, charity and mutual improvement-(a) Engineers of intelligence and good character only may be admitted to the Brotherhood. (b) Members who engage in liquor selling or illegal business are disqualified for membership: McNeil's Labor Movement in America; Constitution of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...
...brotherhood has not promoted the interests of its members, since (a) its action has tended to decrease rather than increase the net reward of their labor: Report Mass. R. R. Commission for 1887 on B. and M. strike; daily papers on C., B. and Q. strike (March-April, 1888), especially Boston Herald, March 18, 1888; (b) its educational effect is nil; (c) it incites to violence: Report of Sec. of State of Penn., on the riot of 1877; Boston Globe for March 30, 31; Post, April 3; Herald, April...