Word: creation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these improvements, though welcome, will not in themselves be sufficient to dispose of the financial problem. The most onerous burden, that of excessive rent in the Houses, remains. Doubling up on single suites, and the creation of an House Aid fund, has in some cases partially lessened the cost. But it is at best a paradoxical procedure, first to elevate the cost of rooms beyond the average student's means, and then attempt to relieve the burden by a kind of dole. In doing so, the University implicitly admits the contention that the price of rooms is too high...
Three years ago General von Schleicher secured the creation for himself of a post called Political and Parliamentary Secretary to the Defense Ministry. There he had a finger in both political and military pies, wangled his way into the President's confidence and first showed his strength earlier this year by maneuvering out of office his immediate superior, Defense Minister General Wilhelm Groener. Last week General von Schleicher was credited with having made the President believe that "the army could not be depended on in a crisis with Dr. Brüning as Chancellor...
Following the precedent set last fall in regard to football, the creation of the position of intramural crew manager was announced yesterday at the H. A. A. The new office will have charge of all matters pertaining to House rowing, in addition to the management of the University championships open to all members of the college and graduate schools...
...Labor is an indispensable partner in the creation of wealth, yet today we face the fact that society provides no adequate economic security for those who help produce its wealth." Recommendations: A planned industrial economy, shortened labor hours, abolition of child labor, introduction of unemployment, accident and disability insurance, the turning of public income from armament building to "productive employment enriching the com mon life." A committee of three bishops was named to urge immediate jobless relief on President Hoover. ¶Condemnation of gambling "from the crap game in a slum alley to speculation on the Stock Exchange." Recommendation: more...
...that here was an artist of recognized ability, who was, however, not in the least 'arty'; who dressed like themselves, except that perhaps his taste was a little better; who made a good living doing practical painting such as advertisements and illustrations, hoped to work into the creation of more lasting products, but did not go around apologizing or condemning the source of his present success-said nothing about 'cheapening' his art; who could hold his own with any of them at golf or tennis, and. sail a small boat with professional skill; who was exceedingly...