The Cincinnatian . Dr. Parkers Past and —. Present??Plea for An Eight-Hour Day When Congress passed the law thatmade nine hour days a crime, We thought that Mr. Adamson hadchosen well the time; But when we look about us and see con-ditions here We wish that Mr. Adamson would sendus the same cheer. Are University students worse by such an awful loadThan engineers and pilots that work on the railroad?They can only work eight hours, but we can work all day. [page three hundred and nineteen] Now tell me, oughtnt we have lots ofthings to say? University students work and study day and the


The Cincinnatian . Dr. Parkers Past and —. Present??Plea for An Eight-Hour Day When Congress passed the law thatmade nine hour days a crime, We thought that Mr. Adamson hadchosen well the time; But when we look about us and see con-ditions here We wish that Mr. Adamson would sendus the same cheer. Are University students worse by such an awful loadThan engineers and pilots that work on the railroad?They can only work eight hours, but we can work all day. [page three hundred and nineteen] Now tell me, oughtnt we have lots ofthings to say? University students work and study day and then professors tell them that their hours are quite hours of works expected for everv hour of class—How many will that leave when j^ou subtract them from the mass? Two hours of Psychology, and two ofHistory, Two more of boring Ethics, and two ofBotany, Two of Math, and two of French; nowif you add them right You will see that unless we can go sleep-less, we cant finish in one night. And if perchance a student should come to


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