Word: lessing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...considering the second demand of socialists, the right to work on wages, the question whether employment will be more or less regular in widely established municipal industries should be asked. In periods of depression the cost of production will necessarily be increased, and prices will remain high, when they should decrease. Men in private concerns will get less work in periods of depression, and men in public concerns more, making the difference in the distribution of wealth even greater than before...
...work there was very unsatisfactory, as shifting him from the side of the boat to which he had been accustomed, made his blade-work ragged and his swing out of time with the rest of the men. Burchard is now rowing at bow, but his work is less satisfactory than that of the other men, as he does not start forward soon enough on the recovery, and does not keep his oar buried...
...athletics during the past year in the May "Outing," which has just appeared. Had Mr. Whitney taken the trouble to ascertain the facts of the situation more carefully, his opinions as an impartial observer would carry more weight with those of us, at least, who are more or less familiar with conditions. When he says that soon after the Yale football game last fall, the Governing Boards appointed an investigating committee, the inference is, that had the game resulted differently, no investigation would have occurred. When we recall that the investigating committee was appointed some seven months before the Yale...
...hour immediately after dinner is one which we all spend more or less leisurely in our rooms, and it would probably be more enjoyable when spent with classmates informally. Of the many ways that have been suggested for making the Senior dormitories more popular and for bringing the men living in those dormitories more closely together, none, it seems to us, would be as natural or as effective as the gradual establishment of the custom of informal singing by the Seniors on the steps of these buildings during the early evening hours in spring...
...necessary to place tables in the corridors and in the Periodical Room. It is to be regretted that the Pierian Sodality is not sufficiently organized to furnish the music tonight, and that this must be provided by a professional orchestra; but the evening should be none the less enjoyable on that account. An occasion like this is one when men can meet each other pleasantly and informally, and as many members of the Union as possible should take advantage...