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Though there is a sizeable body of the Law School faculty who favor the institution of this course, there is an even larger group who would rather stand pat. Some of them believe that the students themselves really do not want it; some that the difficulties of administration are too...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BREATH OF AIR | 3/23/1933 | See Source »

Scrip Out. One of Secretary Woodin's first major decisions was to abandon the idea of scrip as a medium of exchange. Prime objection was that such a substitute currency would not circulate everywhere at par. Declared the Secretary: "Where would we be if we had I. O. U...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: THE CABINET Off Bottom | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Commonest objection to legalizing pari-mutuel betting on horse races: it might pave the way for gambling on dog races, slot-machines, lotteries. New York State tried to evade this difficulty in 1913 by legalizing "oral" but not pari-mutuel betting. "Oral" bets (i. e., bets handled by bookmakers), where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Betting Reborn | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Alterations must be 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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATE INSPECTOR DEMANDS CHANGES IN SHEPHERD HALL | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

There is a further and more important objection than these, however, to the very idea which the Poetry Room embodies. It stands for an artificial sentiment about poetry as a kind of writing which requires to be set off by itself and cradled in an arty setting of red velvet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ENORMOUS ROOM | 2/18/1933 | See Source »

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