Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...slum districts and make themselves acquainted with the poor in their neighborhood. They do this in no superficial or patronizing way, but by visiting the houses of the people, making common interests with them, and thus come to understand their needs and their merits. The clothing put into their hands is practically sure of finding its way into the hands of those who will make good...
...your issue of Saturday you published a statement of the new plan for running Memorial Hall which is to be put to the vote of the members of the association today. The statement hardly presented the question fairly. The new plan was shown in a most favorable aspect, while the evident objections to it, and the reasons in favor of the plan offered by the Corporation were entirely avoided, or only slightingly touched...
...directors resent the idea of having 1 1-2 men at each seat. They declare that seven extra men at a table would destroy all social life, and would make the service almost intolerable. Yet these same men favor a plan which is to put two men to a seat at all the general tables, and say that this would make it very comfortable for the men at those tables. Is not this the greatest inconsistency? Are the general table men a different class of students from the club table men? Do they pay less for their privileges? The plan...
...scheme is adopted, there will be an end to this computation of chances. Every man will be at a club table. When one man will reach a club table in four years there is no good reason why the other must remain 4 years at a general table and put up with the inconveniences which are more than the simple one of "crowdedness...
Opposed to this plan is one which more quickly finds favor with general table men, of having a club system throughout the hall with 50 per cent. more men than there are seats. Any plan which provides for the accommodation of less men is practically put out of the question by the decided opposition of the Corporation to such a limitation to the effectiveness of Memorial Hall. There remain then, these two possible plans. Why have the directors decided in favor of the first...