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...made in Shepherd Hall, one of the University's dormitories for dropped Freshmen at 31 Holyoke Street, before the State Building Inspector will approve it any longer as a place of residence, it was learned last night from reliable sources. Within the next month steps will be taken to lessen the fire hazard, which was the chief objection raised by the Inspector in his examination of the building on Thursday afternoon...
...stated that the University cannot afford to replace Shepherd Hall at the present time, and the building is not considered of sufficient value to warrant extensive repairs. The system of fire-doors, which the Inspector held to be inadequate, will be improved, and an attempt will be made to lessen the other fire hazards caused by the wooden construction and external wiring...
...Unfortunately, the fact that science and machinery open wholly new possibilities for good does not, in our unskilled hands, prevent their collateral consequences from being peculiarly dangerous; nor does it lessen the difficulty of maintaining social balance in the midst of rapid change. Unless we learn how to maintain our stability, the evil consequences of machinery may out-weigh the good...
...spent annually by the students, Yale is providing the city of New Haven with more than the total of the proposed taxes. Any reduction in the University's outlay necessitated by increased taxation would discourage further endowment and the enlargement of facilities, and might well lessen the amount of money spent in the city. In fine, the municipality would be dealing itself a telling blow. The proper solution undoubtedly lies in some such arrangement as that in Cambridge, where the faculty has contributed directly to unemployment relief...
There are two very strong objections to the plan. From an economical point of view a thirty hour week would immediately seriously increase business costs; at present such a change would be undesirable. A shorter working week would lessen production, a drop which would have to be met by additional labor. The new men hired would also be drawing wages, all of which would add to the overhead costs of business; this is a ridiculous burden to add to the shoulders of business which is already hard-pressed. Meanwhile the hoped-for increase in consumption would come only...