Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the passing of the Dillingham restrictive immigration bill, otherwise known as the Quota Law, everyone concerned with the flood of European immigrants sottled back with relief, hoping that matters had been finally adjusted. But now, it seems, the snarl is worse than before, and from the smoke around Ellis Island comes more than one tongue of fire. The law itself is to blame, for it states that three per cent of every foreign group now resident in the country shall form the quota of each nationality admitted--nationality to be determined by birth. It is clear, concise...
...body's being entirely too unwieldy. The committee might well be limited to the ten or twelve receiving the highest number of votes, while a minimum number of nominations should be set at fifteen, empowering the Student Council to supplement this number if the class does not fulfill the quota by petitions. The two men with the highest numbers of votes would become President and Vice-President. To award the office of Secretary-Treasurer to the third man has its dangers; he might very conceivably be totally unfitted for the position. To have the class committee elect both the Secretary...
With the constitution as it now stands, there is no alternative but to continue the balloting until the 60 percent quota is reached...
...Sophomores have managed to complete their quota; they are ready to abolish their officers (if they want) at the next smoker. The Juniors are still at it; it is to be hoped they will be through in time to arrange for the Junior Dance. On Friday polls will be stationed at Sever Hall and the '77 Gate, and postals are being sent to non-voters in the meantime. For those men who are discontented there is but one thing to do. Elect your officers; then go to the next smoker and get your constitution changed...
...wise move, if, as a recent Washington despatch announced, it has issued an order exempting from the provisions of the three per cent immigration law, students from foreign countries coming to the United States to study in American schools, colleges and universities. Under the present immigration law, the annual quota of each foreign country must not exceed 3 per cent of the total number of its nationals which the last census gives as residents of the United States. In the long run, the enforcement of this rule is bound to keep out of the United States some of the prospective...