Word: throat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enormous death rate among miners was attributed to two principal causes by Mr. Holmes. As long as the several companies and states continue their cut-throat competition, they cannot make profits enough to provide adequate safety devices. A sociological reason for the loss of life is the supplanting of the old generation of native-born miners by foreigners, at least half of whom have no understanding of the American language and customs. The high-class American miners are going into other professions, and the scholars of the country must find a means of bringing the new foreign operators into sympathy...
...CRIMSON endorses most heartily the action of the Student Council Committee on Publications in recommending the merger of the Advocate and Monthly, and will do all in its power to further such a movement. For obvious reasons it is desirable to put an end to the present cut-throat competition for advertising and circulation that is now carried on by the two papers, and to have a single publication that truly represents the literary ability of the undergraduates. By the present competition of the two papers in the same limited field the University loses the benefit and influence that could...
...here, and if he cannot be induced to study of himself, should he be obliged to, and if so how much? In other words, is it the business of the College to let him use his time as he pleases, or to cram an education down his throat? This is a difficult question which the CRIMSON is not altogether prepared to answer definitely, but we are inclined to think that the average student would prosper fully as well if a little more knowledge were forced down. This is a question on which we should be glad to hear further discussion...