Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...investigation by its committee. The report seems to have answered it. If two out of three men occasionally, and one out of four arts and science concentrators habitually, make use of non-university facilities to obtain their instruction, then the Council's conclusion that this is a "pressing problem" is correct...
...individuals to do some work or leave. For the great majority of undergraduates who do not fall into this extreme category, the measures suggested by the Council,--such as a better adviser system. reorganized courses, closer contact in big courses between instructor and student--would probably return the "pressing problem" to its normal proportions...
...sports would either be excluded from the athletic budget, or else would have to show a marked reduction in yearly expenditure. The latter course was chosen and the new budget figure was adhered to, although with great difficulty. At best this was and is a temporary solution to the problem, and a new method of raising money had to be found...
...argue that the instructors would be faced with the delicate problem of deciding whether a student's work is a low B or a full B. A similar issue arises at present, however, since the teacher must decide whether a high B student is eligible for a low A or not. It is also claimed that marks fluctuate, in some instances, between mid-years and finals, but it is inconceivable that a student, who had been exempted with a B, would fall to a D, or below the satisfactory final mark, if he had stayed in the course...
...immediate problem is to bring the parties together in negotiation. This means working out a mutually acceptable basis for conference. The company is demanding that the "sit down" strikers evacuate its plants before it negotiates with the Union The Union demands guarantees that the plants will not be operated or that the machinery be moved elsewhere. The company is probably glad to see a delay in striking negotiations because it believes that the real-strikers among its employees are relatively few and that prolonging the shutdown will make the strike and the Union unpopular with most of the employees...