Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was something in President Roosevelt's tone of voice when he talked on Thursday night about the national problem of the Supreme Court at the Party dinner that frankly got under our skin. For not only was every rank and shade of economic royalist run through the hoops of the circus--master's magnificent invective, but the nine old guinca pigs were asked to perform a lot of experiments that even nine humans couldn't in reason be asked to go through, much less a body of lawyers...
Under the subject of an optional four year course, administrators confront the problem of reorganizing the first, second, and third year. all are agreed that it is a mistake to consider simply tacking on a fourth year...
...most substantial articles display a critical conservatism. Mr. Goodhue opposes the addition of justices to the Supreme Court in an intelligent essay which loses a little of its effectiveness because the author tries to be fair and complete and view the problem from more aspects than his brief compass permits. In "Hutchins and Harvard," Mr. Geismer makes an excellently loyal and well-reasoned reply to criticism by the President of the University of Chicago. Two lighter pieces fulfill their intentions pleasantly, Mr. Thompson's rather condescending account of the life and history of the Cowley Fathers, and Mr. Straus...
There will be no compulsory four year course introduced in the Law School within the next few years. No decision on an optional course of similar nature will be reached for a year. The Faculty will continue to study the problem...
...second problem deals with possible reform of college requirements in the direction of three year courses and creation of pre-law courses for undergraduates. For a law school of national scope, such as Harvard, almost all colleges would be forced to introduce such a reform...