Word: rising
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...problem. The recent immigrant shows a marked tendency to congregate in the slums of our cities. Out of this congestion there has arisen a disproportionate amount of crime, vice and insanity among the foreign born. In the economic field the immigrant has lowered the standard of living, retarded the rise in vages, and added to the problem of the unemployed. The illiteracy test will materially better these conditions by excluding a large proportion of the unskilled laborers from Southern and Eastern--Europe...
...subject of each debate tonight is, "Resolved, That the women of the United States be given the suffrage on equal terms with the men." This question is, of course, of the utmost importance at present because of the international agitation both for and against the rise of feminism...
...traditional height of shamelessness in athletics is the existence of a probation team stronger than the regulars. There have been times, especially in class sports, when such conditions held. Slowly the rise of undergraduate opinion against neglect of studies, and the feeling that a man may break mental training as well as physical, have improved the scholarship standard of athletes...
...usual, both sides are at fault. The graduates of other colleges who are present have a perfect right to remain seated and to continue eating while the "loyal sons of Harvard" stand. True, courtesy might lead them to rise out of sympathy with the rest, but that cannot be demanded. Certainly any reprisal in the way of bread throwing by the resentful enthusiast on his feet is highly out of place. At least let there be courtesy on our side...
...University 390-yard team enjoyed the unique distinction of being world's champions for answer. In the rise with Cornell, Captain W. A. Barren, Jr., '14, A. Biddle '16, F. W. Capper '15, and R. Tower '15 ran the 1560 yards in 3 minutes, 61-5 seconds, taking three fifths of a second off the record made by Burns, Gram, Halpin, and Merrihew of the B. A. A. just a year ago. Tower won the pole from Lewis and gave about five yards to Biddle who held it over Irish. Caldwell was sailing after Capper in the third relay when...