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...petition contends that the Art projects ought to be continued despite the charge that they involve very few people; the signers of the petition believe that the reason Congress might abolish the Art projects is because a relatively small number of people are interested in the actual work and because the work itself is not a pressing necessity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 210 Faculty Members Sign Names Upon Petition Keeping Federal Arts Projects | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...many of us the Student Council's proposal to abolish all minor and junior varsity sports came as a severe shock. Having worked hard to become sufficiently proficient in a minor or junior varsity sport to represent the fair name of Harvard, and then to find this sport abolished over night is more than a blow. Placed on a House basis, such sports as Cross Country, Lacrosse, Fencing, 150 lb. Crew, Rugby, and Soccer would greatly decrease in proficiency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 4/25/1939 | See Source »

This is the second in a series of articles attempting to present undergraduate reaction to the Student Council's report designed to abolish all minor and Junior Varsity (except football and crew) sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Express Opposite Views On Student Council's Athletic Report | 4/25/1939 | See Source »

This is the first of a series of articles attempting to present undergraduate reaction to the Student Council's athletic report designed to abolish all minor and junior Varsity (except football and crew) sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Captains of Major, Minor Sports Join to Condemn Student Council Plan | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...Hillman and two score sub-lieutenants went to Cleveland last fortnight to minister to the feud-fuddled United Automobile Workers of America, they hoped to apply not a cure but a poultice. To that end they had the delegates elect conservative, cooperative Roland Jay Thomas to the presidency and abolish the jobs of four quarrelsome vice presidents (TIME, April 10). Last week, to the dismay of Physicians Murray & Hillman, the delegates in winding up their convention wound the poultice into a knot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Feud-in-Waiting | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

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