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While the Medical School's possible campaign--now in the discussion stage would be to lessen its deficit, the school of public Health is considering an extensive expansion program that could only by seasoned by funds from a public drive...
...hogs, etc.). Such operators as tung-nut raisers, linseed growers and peanut producers got their products into the parity money, although nobody knew why in Ceres' name they were basic to the U.S. economy. The big engine spewed subsidies in crazy profusion. Worst of all, programs intended to lessen the farmer's losses from surpluses ended in increasing the surpluses themselves: it became profitable to "grow for the Government." There were times when a corn-and-hog farmer could sell his own corn to the U.S. for $1.35 a bushel, then turn around and buy corn...
Purely in the interests of science, a number of intellectually curious Lowell House residents dumped four large (eight or nine pound) chickens plus a good-sized stray cat into the C-entry room of Kurt W. Lessen, teaching fellow in German, early Sunday morning...
...With Lessen away for the weekend, the animals had a high old time, knocking over sundry articles and tearing open a pillow case. When Lessen returned, around 10 p.m. Sunday, the melange had messed things up considerably and, to add to Lessen's troubles, the culprits who broke into his room in the first place had blown the light fuse...
...chicken was dead and the cat was stalking the other three, huddled together in the middle of the room, when Lessen summoned a janitor for assistance...