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...cooperation with the Dean's Office and the Committee on Admissions indicates that although approximately 325 Freshman were given some sort of financial aid by the College, only 107, or about one-half of those who applied, secured employment of any kind. Of those who did find work, the neediest men earned only 75 percent of their estimated requirements, the less needy 54 percent, and the least needy 48 percent. Of the $20,000 earned by Freshmen, $17,000 came from jobs within the University, and most of these were in the Freshman Dining Halls...
...slant-eyed native of that swamp- land past the Siberian frontiers called Taiga. The theme is the conflict between the native's devotion to his tribal law, which stipulates that possession is a sacred right of the possessor, and the Soviet dicta that possession is the right of the neediest. Less stylized and re- lieved of its propaganda content, the feud between Kima and a rich local fur trader might have been a great story. In its present form it is interesting principally because it was made in the Taiga. Good shots: slow thinking Kima consulting with the Soviet officials...
...Edward M. Kingsbury, $500, for an editorial in the New York Times, a charity appeal for the "one hundred neediest cases...
...literally a scheme for robbing Peter to pay Paul-the Peter in this case being other Western lines more prosperous than the St. Paul. The receivers argue that any increase in rates in the Western carriers should be pooled among them in such a way as to give the neediest roads the largest share of the increase. If, for example, the Great Northern should realize a tidy profit by increased rates, much of this profit would be taken from it and turned over to the St. Paul. In this plan, Mr. Potter claims that it is undoubtedly legal under...
...York Times is no official charity organization. It is part of a great industry seeking news, spreading news, molding public opinion, and therewith gaining its livelihood. The "Hundred Neediest Cases" it has undertaken in its non-official character, but it has made the work one of the most notable achievements of that nature today...