Word: matters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conservatives or betrayers of democracy to block this measure of government reorganization, for the department's survey course has, in the past, been a black sheep of the social sciences. Popularly criticized by undergraduates, it has been found wanting generally in organization and integration, in cooperation between lecturer, reading matter, and section men. Favorite plaint was its inflation of Harvard Square bookseller's stocks at the expense of student pocket-books...
...carefully nurtured in Government 1 and adopted elsewhere, is the reprinting of excerpts from books which would otherwise have to be purchased. Less spectacular but of equal importance are other reorganizational steps concerning a change in reading material and a new order in the consideration of subject matter...
...gratitude, is due to the staff of Government 1 for bringing new life to a tottering and untidy giant. Because it enrolls half of Harvard's undergraduates, because it affords many of them their only glimpse into the mysteries of the realm politic, since it deals with vital subject matter, Government 1 must possess exemplary efficiency and value. It is only to be hoped that realization fulfills anticipation...
...both in a race to organize the maids and maintenance men. Mass rallies were held, posters distributed until March when the situation became untenable. The A. F. of L. charged that their opponents, termed a "company union," had an illegal connection with officers of the University, and laid the matter before the State labor relations board...
...both organizations are well intrenched in their respective fields. The A. F. of L.'s bargaining contract comes up for renewal on January 31, and whether or not the H. U. E. R. A. will stage a fight to capture the kitchen workers at that time is still a matter of conjecture...