Word: normale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...physical, mental and moral "lame ducks"-a kind of sanatorium for boys who are too much for busy or incompetent parents; for fun, and the enjoyment of an exceedingly pleasant status under carefree conditions-participation in activities, making desirable friendships and gaining general prestige; and, finally, for the normal rounding-out of the formal education of the average American citizen in preparation for his more effective activity in all ways as a member of the community...
...three or four courses whose registration far exceeds the anticipated number. For one reason or another a large number of students develop a sudden desire to hear this or that professor, or to study this or that subject or period. The result is that three or four times the normal number of men receive approximately one-third or one-fourth the attention which it is the pride of many professors to devote to their students. It is not strange, therefore, if not a few of those who take the course feel that they have to a certain extent been cheated...
...will not be the only factor in deciding what men will go south, but they will undoubtedly play an important part in the selection. In order to avoid the possibility of overtraining his men Coach Bingham will cut the length of the races down to approximately half of their normal length...
...Economics Department in an interview for the CRIMSON yesterday. "But really at bottom the trouble arises as a sequence of the Great War. The abnormal prices and profits stimulated the opening up of a great number of shafts,--with a productive capacity far in excess of the normal requirements of the country. These mines naturally give employment to an abnormal number of men,--an army of employees which can supply the country with coal when working but a fraction of each week. So many men are now trying to get a living on part-time employment that the wages needed...
...reason for the failure of the railroads. Capital wants more security for its money, and a higher rate of interest. Labor wants more pay for less effort. Until these two extremes are reconciled, industry will continue in its present state. Of course, I believe that conditions will return to normal eventually, but that day is very far off, unless both capital and labor agree to make important concessions...