Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Speakers at the meeting will include Joseph A. Erickson, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Frank L. Tucker, treasurer of the General Radio Company; and James H. White '21, a partner of the brokerage firm of Scudder, Stevens, and Clark...
...cuff speech with some nostalgic comments on the military life of General Vaughan, artillery man in World War I, lieutenant colonel in World War II until he was hospitalized home after an airplane accident. Then the President of the U.S. stuck his jaw out. In a firm, measured voice he said...
...budget. The Commission recommends that the Secretary of Defense be given absolute authority over a reorganized department in which the three service secretaries would be directly responsible to him; he would have the same power in financial decisions. The commission wants to see the National Military Establishment "reconditioned under firm civilian control, putting national security over narrow service interests...
...poll did ask one worthwhile question; "Do you think that the dining hall system would profit from an impartial survey by a firm of restaurant specialists." It is perfectly true that the four to one vote for this survey cannot be considered a responsible student mandate because the question was phrased in the abstract, and took no consideration of the possible disadvantages of such a survey. It offered, in short, a simple, unthinking way to express general dissatisfaction with Harvard food...
...said he objected to a survey for four reasons: First, that it would cost too much money. Granted $5,000 is a considerable sum of money, but the survey might well discover ways to save money. Cost cannot be the sole reason for rejecting a survey. Second, that no firm of experts is available in the area. But food experts do exist and can be persuaded to travel. Third, that machinery for examination exists in the form of House Food Committees and Visiting Committees of mothers. These people, however, are amateurs--they know nothing of slicing beef or buying coffee...