Word: rising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have just witnessed a very amazing spectacle on the floor of the House of Representatives. For the first time in my 25 years as a member I have seen a majority leader, with a majority of 4-to-1, rise to appeal to his members to sign a petition to discharge his own Rules Committee from consideration of his legislation. That is definite proof of the statement I have often made: that the Democrats cannot efficiently run the House of Representatives...
...estimated 85% of what modern man learns is taken in by eye, most of it by reading. Despite radio's rise, the function of reading is growing. Since the turn of the Century U. S. publications for the adult have grown 170%, and more and more reading is necessary to make a living. Today a private secretary has to do some 500% more reading than in 1900. Because inefficient reading is responsible for 60% of all failures in school, $612 of every $1,000 spent for primary schooling is spent to teach reading. Yet one-half the adult population...
...Heinrich Bruening, former Chancellor of the German Republic, and lecturer in Government here, spoke to members of Eliot House last night on the rise of the Nazi party in Germany...
After a certain modification of the government's attitude, business revived, so that the fixed investment income of Harvard rose in 1935-36 to $4,770,578.49. But the actual gain in dollars to the University has been more than offset by the sharp and phenomenal rise in prices during the past year. From the point of view of the educational institutions of this country it is unfortunate that the bond-holding classes are so weak at the polls...
...realized that, in reaching a settlement, Harvard is acting not only for itself, but directly for the student. Any manner of decision will affect the student body as a whole. If the University grants a further wage increase, it is almost axiomatic that the student board rate will rise accordingly--perhaps to the extent of an extra fifty cents a week, were the wage scale raised, for instance, to eighteen dollars for waitresses. With a relatively insignificant amount of surplus profit to spend freely, Harvard has no other alternative than to throw a heavier burden upon student shoulders...