Word: sub-standard
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...rebellious Congress once again appears willing to caper at the Administration's whistle. It could have chosen a much more propitious time than now when the Wage and Hours Bill is pending. From the sociological standpoint, the desire of this bill to aid those two million unfortunates working under sub-standard labor conditions is commendable. From the economic standpoint, it is a continuation of an unwise wage policy based on faulty economic reasoning which has been pursued by the last two administrations...
Certain facts, however, stand out in bold relief. Last year's Carnegie survey reported the Sociology Department as one of two sub-standard groups in the college. It is the department most likely to receive the sweepings--the undecided, the cast-off from another department, and the seeker of the "snap" field. Since its origin there has been a great increase in the number of concentrators, but there has been hardly more than a gesture made at increasing its allotment of funds. The double action of expansion within and budget rigidity imposed from without has show up grievous flaws...