Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same way, the people of the world cannot solve the problem of world peace. The solution will come from the mind of some great genius who knows the whole problem and who realizes fully the destruction which would result from another...
...President Grant had cancer of the throat. A curious historical coincidence: the great problem of his incumbency was also fiscal-to reestablish the gold par value of U. S. greenbacks...
Unevenness of weights is generally a problem for any coaches of class football. In a group of men reporting for the game large, earnest, and unwieldy athletes who cannot make the grade on the first or second-string University squads stand beside equally earnest sportsmen whose 130 pounds is a handicap in any football circle. There is a consequent lack of balance in intramural football elevens that detracts from the zest of competition...
...foresees, for instance, a happy solution to Harvard's present eating problem in the House plan. Overlooking entirely the revolt against former eating requirements at Memorial Hall, and the diminishing number of men who one the Freshman dining halls as the year advances, he believes that future generations will not find themselves "cribbed, cabined, and confined by reasonable requirements as to eating in their Houses." Again in defiance of all Harvard experience with common dining halls he says that in the new Houses "food will be more wholesome and eating will be more civilized and enjoyable...
...that "selection of the members of the three upper classes who will occupy the first dormitory unit will be made by the University authorities, and will be of necessity more or less arbitrary." The report of the Student Council's committee will be closely watched for recommendations on this problem. From the plan's present artificial cross-sectioning Harvard can afford to sacrifice a good deal of the appearance of democracy. The House must never become a temple to a new pantheon of Balanced Forces...