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Although the Teachers' Union Report cannot be regarded as a divinely inspired panacea, at least two of its suggestions--fixed security of tenure for younger instructors and increased competition in the upper ranks--will go far toward alleviating many problems that now face the profession. In addition to decreasing inter-faculty friction, these proposals will contribute to the improvement of the quality both of Harvard's teaching and of its research...
Stonier-faced were they when he finished, for the O'Daniel panacea turned out to be a repeal of the State's present ad valorem tax in favor of a 1.6% tax on "transactions," a transaction being grandly defined as "any dealing of any kind whatsoever between two or more persons." Such a tax, replacing the State's present ad valorem tax, would net $25,000,000 annually, thought the Governor, to help pay for State old age pensions up to $15 a month (another $15 to come from the Federal Government...
...past years the most valuable work of the Council has been in the reports of committees on social and educational problems in Harvard College. These reports, while they are never recognized as all-conclusive or as a panacea, have given assistance to the officers of administration in shaping the recent developments in the College...
...tempo of modern life" with its insistence on immediate, practical, marketable qualities. The rapid shift in the last decade from English as the most popular field, through Economics during the great Depression, and now to Government since we have lost faith in unhampered economic forces as a social panacea, illustrates the variable nature of students' desires...
Jean-de-Luz, just over the French border, then to London.-ED. No Panacea Sirs: Thanks to TIME for the most concisely complete account of the coming of unicameralism in Nebraska. One small point of error: TIME accented too strongly the novelty of unicameralism in the U. S. A century ago most of our larger cities turned from unicameralism to bicameral-ism; during the past 60 years virtually all have returned to the original unicameral council. To foresee the results of unicameralism in State government we need only consult the experience of our large cities, many of them more populous...