Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...earnest: the public is apathetic and prone to take meekly anything that is set before it; the producers are the slaves of whoever can make the most noise. It therefore looks as if the reformers will be allowed ample opportunity to see what they can do toward raising the level of our movies. At present there is certainly room for improvement...
...next decades, the men who are best able to appreciate the value of education, to present to the people of this country the situation which its institutions of learning are facing, and to be leaders in every effort to keep both universities and schools up to the highest level. The responsibility, in the last analysis, lies in the hands of the people. But, who are to present the needs of education, who are to urge its importance to the country, if not university graduates? They can do the country a signal service by keeping the subject in the public...
...Cunningham stated that there were three expedients available for improving the situation. "The first, that of seeking authority to make further advances in rates, may be mentioned and then dismissed," he said. "For this expedient holds out no promise, as the rates, as a whole, have now reached a level above which certain commodities will not move, and passengers will not travel. The net effect would probably be to lose more through further curtailment in traffic than would be gained by higher charges on the traffic that must move. The second expedient is to seek further operating economies. There...
...time when Harvard is endeavoring to raise the standard of track to the same high level she has lately maintained in other sports, it seems particularly unfortunate that time cannot be found for a meet with the Oxford-Cambridge team. The Englishmen are unable to come over until July, which would necessitate a continuance of training here for a period after the usual season closes. Such an arrangement would be both troublesome and difficult. Yet not very long ago the Harvard eleven went into post-season training in order to play the University of Oregon. The football men had been...
...reply to the question as to what he thought were the chances for lower prices, Mr. Bancroft said, "It is a mistake for us to feel that prices are going to get back within a few months to a level which it took over twelve years to reach after the Civil War. Some people think that prices will never go back to this level, but I believe they are mistaken. However, it will take a long time for them to get there. Another point which might be made here is that this talk about the return of business activity being...