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...group is represented in the various sports. Aptly named the "Ramblers" because of no definite House allegiance, the very question that at once arises is, should they be represented in the House leagues? The Houses which would exclude them point out that they are a different unit, and would disrupt the homogeneity of the House leagues. On the other hand, they are classmates of the men living in the Houses. Their numbers are not large enough to form an independent league, and often through no fault of their own they are deprived of House residence. After the Yale "College Plan...
...chief goal of both capital and labor at present should be a united effort toward recovery from the depression. Regardless of the rights of one or the other, serious conflicts will only disrupt national affairs instead of alleviating them. If for both economic and practical reasons a thirty hour week may harm rather than benefit the country, it would seem unwise to advocate such a measure. However the Federation may feel about such a shorter working week, it is best to postpone such a change until conditions are favorable. The Federation's theory is sound; but to apply it completely...
...friends in industry tell me that everything points to the gradual upturn that has been brought about by a constructive confidence built up by President Hoover. Students in the University repeat this new confidence that is felt over the country. To disrupt this feeling by an administrative change would be bound to freeze the entire financial system of the nation. Since the time of John Quincy Adams, there has been no president so tactless and as unattractive as Hoover. However, he has the ability to lay great plans and to accomplish important measures for the good of the country...
...California Institute cannot fail to lose if it attempts to make its Houses a substitute for the fraternities. House spirit may easily develop a rivalry like that of the fraternities, which disrupt the unity of many colleges by petty bickering. Blind loyalty to a group as heterogeneous as a House cannot fail to divert attention from the cultural advantages to be derived from the House Plan...
What went on at the Manhattan meeting, held in the offices of General Electric Co., was not revealed. The problem to be untangled was how to reorganize the vast Insull structure so that neither noteholders nor bankers will step in and disrupt it. To do this will probably demand either a tremendous extension of credit, a sale of some assets, the issuance of new securities to noteholders and bankers, or a combination of these steps. While it was stated that Owen D. Young was entering the situation only as Samuel Insull's personal friend historians recalled that in the early...