Word: laggards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are certain obvious advantages in this procedure. The able student, unhindered by the mediocre, will be able to advance more rapidly in the course and will go more deeply into the subject under the guidance of a seasoned instructor. By the same token, the laggard will gain the benefit of greater personal attention and a more explicit study of the difficult problems. Moreover, there are usually Seniors who are taking the course in preparation for divisional. In the past, the less mature members have impeded the progress of the more advanced students and have often reduced the discussions...
City officials were kept busy signing tax warrants. The Board of Trad.; admitted to trading shares in the warrant trust to encourage subscriptions. In all the rushed excitement of getting Chicago out of a financial swamp, the only laggard figure was that of Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson who sulkily hesitated to approve an ordinance effecting tax warrant interest rates, necessary to put into operation the distribution machinery...