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...announced at the same time that the University closed Shepherd and Dudley halls for three reasons. The first is that more graduate students are living in rooming-houses, and the second is that there are no more "overflow" Freshmen living outside the Yard this year. Finally, the increased percentage of students living in the Houses is the third reason. However, Claverly Hall is practically filled, and Apley Court is half full...
...outgrowth of two factors, the prohibitive higher bracket in House room rents and the admission this year of an abnormally large Freshman class. Although the men in question will remain on the waiting lists for midyear vacancies, it is reasonable to infer that the present composition of the overflow will not change materially throughout next year...
Allotment of the overflow might be made on an equal basis to the dining halls and libraries of each of the Houses. In view of the fact that so many expensive suites will be vacant in each House, the dining arrangements should be equal to the emergency. To obviate the criticism that House members might be paying for privileges enjoyed by outsiders, a fee of ten dollars could be charged for the use of a House library. Clearly the situation must be avoided in the future through more cautious admission and downward revisions in rental scales, but these expedients would...
Kobe (advising Japan to take up birth control): "There is no reason why Japan should continue to expand and demand the right to overflow other countries which naturally resent an influx of a lower civilization...
...open the window and make sure that the tune was not being played by a human performer out of doors." When Mr. Barnes assured Sir Richard that there was no spoofing, the learned acoustician cocked his ears at all corners & crannies of the bathroom at Angmering-on-Sea. The overflow drain of the bathtub told the story. Next morning Sir Richard examined the pipe. It was about 1 1/6 in. in diameter, about 3 ft. 5 in. long, in the form of an S-bend. At the tub end of the tube was a perforated waste guard. The other...