Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cleavage. The relation between the Council's attempts to divert attention from the abnormal tax rate and the value of the University property should be studied, and the passing (it is hoped) of the current red baiting. Tact must be shown by Harvard to soothe the city, but the problem is one of public relations more than of class antagonism...
...problem of too narrow fields of concentration such schemes as the Lowell House symposium provide a partial solution. Around the subject of Darwinian theory have been gathered scientists, historians, theologians, economists, and philosophers. By arranging for each student to present the ideas of some influential or typical thinker of the 1850's, everyone participating will presumably gain the viewpoint of all the rest. If such a program can be built about this subject, other equally valuable symposia could be held on the American Civil War, for example, or on the political repercussions of the industrial revolution. Much will depend...
...President Roosevelt has pointed out, housing conditions in this country have sunken to such a level that they constitute a national problem, a problem with which the present generation must come to grips. Earvard, by its action, has shown that it is still in close touch with actualities and is as anxious as the Democratic Party to relieve "one-third of the nation...
With $900,000,000 worth of properties scattered from Staten Island to the Philippines and owned through a maze of 172 companies capped by Associated Gas & Electric, Mr. Hopson's problem was as tough as any. For all these 172 companies, the law allows Mr. Hopson only two corporate baskets, and all actual operating properties must be grouped in two geographic chunks...
Cambridge, with three nationally-known colleges inside its city limits, has a unique problem in regard to out-of-state cars. With so many students driving cars registered in other states, accidents, stolen cars, and the misuse of stored cars by garage attendants are very difficult to trace; names of the car owners, local addresses, and other necessary information are lacking at Police Headquarters. Furthermore Cambridge city statutes are quite stringent, and, should a student involved in an accident not report it within a reasonable time, he becomes liable for criminal action. If the necessary information was available at Central...