Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attained of 16 million or more. Disaster to the breadwinner meant disaster to dependents. Accordingly the roll of the unemployed, itself formidable enough, was only a partial roll of the destitute or needy. The fact developed quickly that the States were unable to give the requisite relief. The problem had become national in area and dimensions. ... It is too late today for the argument to be heard with tolerance that in a crisis so extreme the use of the moneys of the nation to relieve the unemployed and their dependents is a use for any purpose narrower than the promotion...
This is exactly the problem as the "Crimson" sees it. A University teacher who ceases to add to his store of knowledge becomes stagnant and loses much of his value as an educator. On the other hand a man who is so preoccupied with his own self-instruction that he neglects his teaching responsibilities both in the class room and in tutorial conferences, is of no value to the undergraduate whatsoever. He serves only to emblazon the name of the University in scholarly publications, and to swell the volume of library books bearing the insignia of the University Press...
Both Aristotle and Confucius taught the doctrine of the "Golden Mean", and this age-old truth may very well be applied to the problem of teaching and research. These two functions must be blended into a harmonious whole, if undergraduate instruction and the pursuit of knowledge are to benefit equally. At Harvard the balance is all askew; the pressure on young men to publish, or "perish", is so great that their teaching and tutorial sessions suffer. A man may be taught to lecture in a comparatively short time, but the gift of inspiration and ability to stimulate youth...
...laboratory deficiency might simply be remedied. The deficiency in personnel which, up to now, has prevented the establishment of a full course in the field is a different problem. There are at present several men in the university itself who could organize and teach such a course capably. In the medical school are at least two more...
...tall, hawk-faced, spare, a liberal and a pacifist. Congregationalist Pierce is plump, jolly, a Wartime chaplain (see col. 2), American Legionary and 100% Republican. While Dr. Lowther was struggling to make a go of his hotel-church. Dr. Pierce, who said he "never liked a church without a problem," was engaged in increasing attendance at First Congregational Church, which had slipped during Depression despite the fact that it has San Francisco's oldest tradition: it was organized in 1849 by the official town chaplain and first Protestant missionary, T. Dwight Hunt. What Preachers Lowther and Pierce have most...