Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Voting throughout the University on two nation-wide referenda will be conducted by the CRIMSON one week after the Christmas recess, probably on January 10. The questions to be put to a vote are Prohibition and the award of the Bok Peace Prize...
...plays this year show the improvement of experience. Not only is the movement of the scenes somewhat more unified, thanks to Mr. Burrell's efforts at adaptation in the wide range allowed him in the Towneley Cycle, but the roles themselves are in some cases taken by the same persons who acted them last year, and who bring to them a familiarity and a smoothness that adds greatly to the final sum of perfection. Mr. Little and Mr. Wardner are especially noticeable in this. And Mr. Snedeker as "Joseph" speaks his part with pleasing gestures and an excellent handling...
...Senator Dillingham, next in seniority. Senator Brandegee (of Connecticut), the new Chairman, has not declared himself, and whether the bill can muster a majority in the Committee and be reported out is uncertain. But it is certain to be introduced by Senator Cummins and to precipitate a nation-wide debate. Politically, of course, many legislators are afraid of the bill, fearing the effect on backward constituencies. The consistent opposition of the Roman Catholic Church to the birth control movement is well known...
...view of the wide-spread popular sentiment in favor of letting wartime offenses be bygones, President Coolidge has taken the wise course. There is also the probability that before very long these restless spirits will again place themselves in a similar position of active opposition to the present social order. Although it will be a much more difficult task to dispose of them, without the aid of the summary proceeding incidental to a state of war, the fact that they are old offenders will make convictions and long-term imprisonments more acceptable to a certain niceness of the public taste...
...wide range in the choice of subjects is allowed. A writer may choose his own subject, on the approval of the committee, or he may select one of the topics suggested. Among these are: "Potential Organizability of Women in American Trade Union," "The Workers' Press--A Critical Analysis and a plan for the Future," a number of questions connected with Nationalization of Industry, and "The Effect of Business Cycles on Radical Movements...