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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This group informed me that they would prefer to have this inquiry conducted by a committee appointed by the President. I have replied that it is clear that the nine men to whom the memorandum was addressed have the confidence of the petitioners. For that reason I have requested them to make the investigation which the petitioners desire and have appointed them a committee for that purpose. I assured them that the University would make available any information they may desire, and I might add that the Chairman of the Department of Economics has informed me that he welcomes...
...churchman would strip the chaplain of his rank and uniform. Of this the Association meeting in Chicago last week was acutely conscious, but an estimated 90% of its membership is satisfied with the chaplaincy as now constituted, and the matter was not publicly discussed. Said one chaplain loftily: "We prefer to emphasize our principles by example rather than debate." Said U. S. Chief of Chaplains Alva Jennings Brasted: "We have no grievance against anyone. Countless facts bear testimony that the Lord is blessing the work of the chaplaincy...
...travelers who would have attended the dedication of the San Francisco Bay Bridge late in May are passing it up in protest. Thousands feel that if Californians want to make it more difficult to get to the Golden Gate than to get through the Pearly Gates, they would probably prefer looking at the Golden Gate all by themselves to banking tourists spendings...
...timber from the Nett Lake Reservation for about $90,000. At the time it was the plan of the U. S. Indian Service to get the whole area cut clean in the hope that the Chippewas would take up farming. This plan has now been changed because the Chippewas prefer to live by Government checks rather than by agriculture. From now on the Indian timber lands will be cut on a selective plan, which means comparatively few acres each year, and the logs will be taken to mill by rail and truck instead of floated down roaring rivers...
...Louis Armstrong is your dish, and you can't stand anything slow, sweet, or classical, then the program at the Fine Arts Theatre this week is not for you. But if you prefer your pre-exam cobwebs lulled and soothed away instead of blared and swung away, you'll find a pleasant two hours of relaxation in store for you there...