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Much of the world's best land has been so badly treated that its productivity is falling steadily. Osborn retells the familiar tale of "soil-mining," deforestation and erosion all over the world. As people grow more numerous, the soil they depend on grows poorer & poorer. The low point has almost been reached in the Near East, where man-made deserts occupy large areas that were once fertile and populous. Like most conservationists, Osborn is something of an alarmist. He tends to underestimate the ability of modern agricultural science to revive maltreated soil, make deserts productive by irrigation...
...canvass. Six thousand letters have been sent out to faculty members and nonresident graduate students, but something about it makes an impersonal letter far too easy to slip quietly into the nearest wastebasket. Admittedly some of these letters went out late, and admittedly graduate students are on the average poorer per capita than undergraduates. But for the full professors and associate professors, who can certainly afford a reasonable contribution, any excuse is indeed small. The drive includes the entire University with the single exception of the Business School, and there is no reason why the College should support so disproportionate...
...Duke of Windsor was temporarily poorer by $20,000. A fire on his ranch...
...there are too many signs that the present rent policy is haphazard. Cases of rent discrepancies exist in every House and dormitory. The same rents, for instance, are charged for rooms that are obviously far from equal in desirability. Even worse, the poorer room is sometimes more expensive. If this unfair situation is not cleared up by fall, the rent increase will only add to its injustice...
...real victims of the panic might well be the moviegoers, who would probably get poorer fare for their money...