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Under its new plan the contribution made by Yale to a retirement fund will be increased from five to ten precent of each faculty member's salary. The individual professor will not be required to contribute more than the five percent he is paying at present...
...great nineteenth century German historians: "Professor X was thought by '53, on the whole, to be an insensible dullard. Some, however, found him a towering intellect and an insipiring teachers, etc. etc." But what does "on the whole" mean? And is "some" ten, twenty, thirty or forty precent? We are never given any forthright statement of proportions. I do not wish to challenge the good faith of the CRIMSON's writers, but surely, all will agree that phrases like "on the whole" are open to the most varying sorts of interpretation, by editor and reader alike...
...CRIMSON is inclined to agree with the Ledger's view, which takes into account the curious psychology that puts the strong arm in a higher place than the well developed brain. Under precent though not necessarily normal conditions, the Phi Beta Kapa trophy may serve as an incentive to increased effort in the field of studies, but it is not apt to reduce materially the importance many sub-Freshmen attach to athletic ability and achievements. The idea of such a trophy, is, nevertheless, a good one, and the competition for it and its final award will be watched with interest...