Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beaufort is a peaceful town of some 3,000 population on the jagged North Carolina coast. Last year its serious unemployment was relieved by WPA with allotments of funds for a sewing project, building repair projects and a community centre with an auditorium, golf course and tennis court. Biggest problem of Beaufort civic leaders who met last week was to find a project for which WPA funds could be obtained in 1937. After gravely considering their problem they announced that they had agreed on this boondoggle: a bombproof, gas-proof subterranean chamber that will serve as a haven...
...recent flagrant example in the French department reveals an absolute lack of attention to the problem of selecting texts. The outside reading books in French A are picked from a group of little pamphlets which come in four series, each more difficult than the last, and each series, contains four books. Since French A is the elementary course, its outside reading was supposed to come from rather easy books, so the authorities picked a book listed as "Grade I", without bothering to notice that it was "Grade J" in the fourth and most difficult series...
...problem of placing upperclassmen in the seven Houses is an annual Spring headache for the University. The official figures indicate that 191 undergraduates were refused admission last year. Except for the vague rumor of a new House, little has been done to solve the problem...
...comparing the Veterans to the Student Union, they were both interested in peace, but one was seriously interested in attacking the problem while the other was satirical...
Most vital to the life of both new periodicals is a solution to the problem of contributions. With two well entrenched magazines already on the seen prepared to swallow available talent, with the traditional "don't-give-a-damn" attitude of Harvard men to combat, the enthusiasts of tonight will face a discouraging morning after. Whether heirs to a new venture like the "Monthly" can be found is a matter of grave doubt. Meantime, the established periodicals will put up a spirited fight for existence...