Word: working
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Turning then to the main part of the lecture, Mr. Mansfield said that it is the system of taxation which has caused the great amount of really unjust criticism. In order to maintain education, religion, and an the efficient government the natives have been taxed forty hours of work per month, for which they were paid the usual wages. In enforcing this there naturally have been isolated instances of cruelty and oppression, but it was a false report on the part of the British Consul of the Congo Free State that gave rise to the late accusations of misrule...
...proposed scale of charge are 50 cents an hour for work in translating the simpler foreign languages, 75 cents in the case of the more unusual languages, and $1 an hour for the work of abstracting...
...Price Greenleaf fund at the mid-year award must submit their applications to the Secretary of the Faculty, University 20, before 5 o'clock today. Only those persons may apply who are undergraduates in the first year of their residences, whether as Freshmen or special students doing full work, who are pursuing studies toward the degree of A.B.; and also those students who have been unsuccessful in a previous competition for scholarships. The recipients of Price Greenleaf aid may be called upon for service as monitors or assistants to an amount not exceeding four hours a week...
...which capitalism and socialism may be compared. This test is incomplete, but it creates a strong presumption in the favor of socialism. Socialism is an undeveloped mechanism and should be judged as such. The government offices are run socialistically, especially the post office, and if the part of the work of the latter which is run by contract were eliminated or changed, the whole system would conform to socialism in every particular. The decision between capitalism and socialism should not be made upon superficial details, but upon the essential principles inherent in each...
...meeting of the candidates for the University and Freshman hockey teams held last evening at the Varsity Club about 50 men were present. Coach A. Winsor '02 spoke on the requisites of an effective hockey team, emphasizing the necessity of good foot-work, stick-work, and finally good head-work. Following Coach Winsor, Trainer Quinn announced that strict training will be required from now to the end of the season. The training table for the University team will begin at the Varsity Club with lunch on the first day after the recess. The meeting was concluded with a blackboard talk...