Word: burden
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fancy rather then a fact, the minor expense of an outdoor rink should be important enough to be included in the budget of the Athletic Association. What is more, a small price for the use of the ice would be willingly paid by the undergraduates and would relieve the burden of expense. So, as the cold days are moving by, the vast expanse of Soldiers Field is only waiting to be of some use to the college during the winter, and to give harried students fresh air and exercise at a time when they need them most...
...Nieman Bequest has by no means been solved, it must be admitted that Dr. Conant has acted wisely in his decision to award fellowships to newspapermen who have had three years of practical experience. After consultation with leading newspapermen in Boston and elsewhere, Dr. Conant has placed the burden of selection on a small committee who will offer journalists from all over the country the experience of an eight months' study at Harvard...
...Rules Committee until a majority petition to discharge it was completed three weeks ago. Last week, by the time that the bill reached its final test, two developments had reduced its 9 chances of passage. One was Recession, which made Congress wary of any legislation which put a new burden upon Business. The other was the discovery that no organized group, including Labor whom it was supposed to benefit, was particularly eager for the bill to pass...
...protect the public. So far he has had about 200 complaints to present to the Commission. Most publicized came from the Association of American Railroads which last week asked that the new price schedules be delayed for further study because they mean a $20,000,000 added annual burden to the greatly depressed U. S. railroads. B. C. C. refused. In case coal prices begin to get out of hand in the other direction, B. C. C. has power to establish maximum price levels...
...Professor Baker's departure, the Harvard Dramatic Club, which had run concurrently with the "Workshop" from its inception in 1908, took up the practical aspect of Harvard's theatrical burden. Because the practical dramatic training it offers is extra-curricular in nature, the Club has met with little of the hostility accorded by University Hall to the "Workshop." It has produced consistently creditable plays despite many great obstacles, and if its present rate of growth continues, the Club bids fair to revive Harvard's great dramatic tradition, and to restore the University to its former position as the foremost theatrical...