Word: quota
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decision has been reached as to possible variations in the entrance quota of 1000, as this matter cannot be determined until late in the summer," college officials said yesterday. The decision will only be reached "when exact information is available as to the number of readmissions and of upperclassmen who will be returning to college for the year...
Last September, for the first time in several years, more than 1000 new men were admitted into the Freshman class. The quota of 1051 was an increase of 149 over the previous year. It was pointed out that applications for admission by examination word formally closed on May 1, while applications under the upper seventh plan closed July...
...around 400,000 bbl. a day, California around 500,000 bbl. and a scattering of other States 400,000 bbl., less than 1,000,000 bbl. a day was left for Texas with its nine fields, of which one. East Texas, was easily able to turn out the whole quota. To make supply balance demand East Texas had to be scaled down to around 400,000 bbl.-40 bbl. for each of its 10,000 wells...
...other hand, there would be some danger of the course becoming a superficial though civilizing holiday in the realm of the newer classics. It would be wise, on this account, to limit such a course to concentrators in English and a small quota from related fields, requiring occasional written critiques from the students. In this way a thorough and permanent course could be organized to combine the features of the now defunct course on English Critics and Critical Technique given by Professor I. A. Richards two years ago, and English 26 which Mr. T. S. Eliot is giving this year...
...tariff policies of Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, President Roosevelt hopes to lead the world to economic peace by his tariff policy. The Agenda Commission in its report flayed attempts at national self-sufficiency ("all seek to sell but not to buy"), manifested in retaliatory tariffs, embargoes, import quotas, export subsidies, and exchange restrictions which "throttle business enterprise." First objective at London is a tariff truce against more rate uppings. After that, attempts will be made to weed out such quota restrictions as Austria puts on tires and shoes, Belgium on sugar and silk knit goods, Germany on lard...