Word: factor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important factor cannot be neglected. If athletic receipts increase during the next few years so that thousands of dollars, compounding interest, are apparently lying idle, the plan must not be compromised. Retrenchment must continue so that the span of time may be shortened during which Harvard has to listen to the demanding voice of the great god Gold...
While three-quarters of the Freshmen who have answered the CRIMSON Confidential Guide Questionnaire endorse the cross-section plan governing the Houses, their choice is based chiefly on the social factor, a compilation of the returns discloses...
...Crimson is the last institution which would ask approbation for Hearst journalism. However, if Harvard intends to preserve a record of the present generation for future scholars it must cover all factors which influence the American scene today. And Hearst is a definite factor. With an estimated audience of twenty-four millions of readers, the Hearst editorials control a deal of American voters. Without the information and stimulation, even though it be subversive, revealed in Hearst publications, the researcher of 1950 might, for instance, be at a loss to understand some of our modern unintelligent legislation...
...important feature of the House is its dining hall system, independent of the centralized university system. This arrangement, which minimizes bureaucratic congestion, permits of a management of the dining hall to accord with the specialized demands of the House that is truly unusual; this factor is of especial importance in consideration of the fact that one-third of the student's working hours are spent in the dining hall...
...people, is simply so much grist to his mill. His position, which the events of the past year, such as the murderous party purge at Munich and elsewhere, indicated as extremely precarious, is again made secure--for the present. Meanwhile a conciliatory attitude by England should be a potent factor in dispelling the "ring of steel" attitude of mind from the German people which Chancellor Hitler has been at such pains to foster. The war spirit in Germany is entirely too artificial not to respond to intelligent treatment...