Word: workers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year's team, no all-around star like Berry, no speedster like Mercer and Minds, stars of recent years. If Heisman can build his attack around Strauss or Whitehill this year, and beat Dobie's Cornellians on Franklin Field late in November, he will be hailed as a wonder-worker by Penn alumni. Strauss will be remembered hereabouts as the man who ran wild against Dartmouth and virtually settled the outcome of the game in one of the set-tos at Fenway Park...
Through clubs and classes for boys or men, through hikes, musicales, athletic societies, or discussion groups, natural friendly association can be substituted for indifference and suspicion. As volunteer worker for a settlement house or community center, the Boy Scouts, the Juvenile Court or other agency, the student, not through patronage but loyal cooperation, can share in the reduction of misunderstanding and the promotion of orderly and genuine democracy...
...popular demand for him is overwhelming. People from all walks of life, the humblest farmer, the worker in the mill and factory, as well as the professional men, all have rallied to his support. His home state, California, has spoken emphatically in his favor. Michigan, a great Roosevelt state, and the birthplace of the Republican party, has recognized him as the successor of Col. Roosevelt. His victories in Nebraska and Montana, and his remarkable showing in New Jersey and Indiana, have astonished the politicians and have set them speculating about the causes of the success of Senator Johnson...
...other things that must be remedied, according to Mr. Williams, were the fatigue caused by too long hours and the ignorance of the worker about the company for which he works...
...most important, the most vital thought in the mind of the worker is "Will I work tomorrow?" I will never forget my first night in a "model" mining town outside of Cleveland. The hour was approaching five and I noticed that children on the street ceased to play, the women on the door steps stopped talking and awaited in terrible silence. Then, at five exactly the mine whistle began to boom.--One, two and then, three. The tension was over. There would be work tomorrow. Smiles came back to the faces of the women and the children began to play...