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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fencers' Club will hold its annual fall novice fencing tournament this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fencing Room of the Gymnasium. The twenty-two men who have entered will be divided into four squads for the preliminary round, in which each man will fence with every other man in his squad. The two men in each squad winning the most bouts will go into the final round, in which each man will fence with each of the others. Steins will be awarded as prizes to the contestants securing first, second and third places in the tournament. The following...
...discussion of the non-union man's condition makes clear that in practical American life today there exists a working class with class interests. Solidarity of this class is requisite to promote its interests. Hence it has been true that the non-union man has at times lost a personal and temporary advantage, that the larger and permanent interests of the class embracing union and non-union men alike might be promoted. The arguments of the affirmative relative to restriction and number of apprentices were considered and the results of such restriction were claimed to be unimportant in their actual...
Finally, the contention of the affirmative that trade-unionism has decreased the individuality of the working man was combated. Modern conditions of employment have in many instances tended to this result. But trade-unionism has in fact gained for all working men a larger and more real freedom, truer self ownership than they could possibly have had without organization. Examples of conditions before and after the recent coal strike were cited. With increased means and leisure the working man has become a better man and a better citizen. In his elevation the entire country has been benefited...
...problem. The history of trade unionism cannot be discussed upon any narrower ground than this. If the negative have shown that despite the evils which have attended the history of trade unionism, unionism has shown a tendency to advance the idea of common and universal brotherhood of man then it is proven that the history of trade unionism has evidenced a general tendency beneficial to the best interests of the country...
...that unionism is a comparatively recent movement and time must be expected to elapse before it develops to the point of excellence one would wish. The movement has, however, done enough already to be accounted good in its results; it has introduced democracy and self-government for the laboring man into industrial affairs...