Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...consider the R. O. T. C. a very important part of our national defence system," declared General Pershing in an interview for the CRIMSON. "It is destined to become the principal source from which reserve officers are to be obtained to maintain the quota." General Pershing then discussed the value of R. O. T. C. training to the college and the individual saying. "It is considered by educators as a very definite means of maintaining discipline in the various colleges and academies where these units exist. There is another feature which I consider also of foremost importance and that...
...quota for the campaign has been set at $5000. Of this sum it is expected that $1000 will be raised in the graduate schools and the remaining $4000 will be given by the College. An especial attempt will be made this year to make the canvass of the College complete and to collect something from everyone...
...Washington (Greek), 11:57 p. m. Byron (Greek), 11:59 p. m. Estonia (Danish), 11:59:45 p. m. Immigration Commissioner Curran at Ellis Island telegraphed Washington and was told that the immigrants on those ships must be counted as August entries. Since most of the August immigrant quotas were exhausted, about 1,800 of these newcomers must be deported- some of them because they were only 15 seconds too early for the September quota. There was some criticism of this action on a "technicality"; and the captains of the vessels protested the official timekeeping, but to no avail...
...Klan, according to the editor of the Fiery Cross, intends to invest $500,000 in the plant and to raise a similar amount toward a permanent endowment. The curriculum will be modelled on the standard college course, arid the full quota of degrees will be given...
...Franklin, President of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (including the White Star, Red Star and American Lines), suggested the maximum quota for each month should be 10% instead of 20% of the annual allowance. This would spread the immigration period over ten instead of five months. There would be no more of such conditions as those of July 31, when ten vessels assembled in Gravesend Bay, waiting for the stroke of midnight, and then dashed across the line, so that eight of them arrived within four minutes. In the narrow channel there was imminent danger of collision. In fact...