Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...negative have insisted that a further restriction of immigration is unnecessary. We have based our contentions on the fact that we have at the present time adequate laws to keep out the undesirable, but if a further restriction were necessary the proper means would not be an untried scheme such as the illiteracy test, but a more rigid enforcement of the existing laws. We object to the illiteracy test in that it fails in its very purpose of cutting down numbers, that it is uncertain in application, and cumbersome and expensive. We further object to the illiteracy test in that...
Although the Information Bureau has been run for some years, this is the first year that the Bureau has been run by the Phillips Brooks House Association. The constituent societies all cooperated and with their valuable assistance the Bureau was so successful that the scheme will undoubtedly commend itself to the incoming Cabinet...
...scheme of charge is purely a co-operative one, but it is confidently expected from the results of past experience, that the expenses will not exceed four hundred dollars, with the exception of extras, such as laundry, purchases of photographs, etc. The sum named includes all transportation and hotel expenses, and the like. Pamphlets may be obtained at the Library of Robinson Hall; communications should be addressed to Mr. J. H. Forsythe, care of the Department of Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois...
...series of games will be played lasting until the middle of October. From these teams the Freshman eleven will be chosen and will play four outside games, the exact schedule not being as yet definitely decided upon. This arrangement has been adopted in pursuance of the general scheme of the Freshman Dormitories as a means of attaining class unity among the first year students. Cups will be awarded in the inter-dormitory series and the plan will eventually be extended to embrace all Freshman athletics...
While the system of appointing Senior advisers for the Freshman class is comparatively new and untried, the little experience that both Seniors and Freshmen so far have had in this line proves the value of the scheme. The question arises as to how the system may be made more efficient. Certainly something should be done to bring the Seniors and their advisees into closer touch. Furthermore, the real advantage of the plan depends on its lasting through the year, rather than being practically forgotten on both sides after the first two or three weeks. One suggestion for Seniors to help...