Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Faculty, the Athletic Committee, the Student Council and various unofficial organizations in the University have all discussed the "athletic problem" at length, but it remained for the Board of Overseers to present the first recommendation on the subject worthy of the name. Although the wording of their statement has not yet been made public it is understood that the Board has requested the Faculty to investigate a system of compulsory athletics for Freshmen, after giving their general approval to such a plan...
...confused tangle which the War Risk Insurance problem has meant to most undergraduates since their discharge from the service, comes a ray of light in the form of an official letter on the subject, which is printed elsewhere in this issue. In this letter Mr. Henry Lindsey, Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance at Washington, urges college men not to forget the advantages of the renewal and ultimate conversion of their policies, during the rush of college life...
...discussing the establishment of a Field Artillery Training Unit at the University next year, General Edwards said. "In addition to the artillery and infantry units. I would favor aviation, heavy artillery, and chemical warfare units." This statement raises a very interesting and difficult problem in connection with military training at colleges and universities. It is obvious that each university cannot reasonably be expected to maintain R. O. T. C. units in all branches of the service; and on the other hand, all colleges cannot seize upon the same branch of service to the exclusion of fancied less desirable ones. Heterogeneous...
...work, then it must offer something better than a meagre existence during the apprenticeship years. Otherwise those who are qualified to carry on this responsible work will be turned aside into professions where the reward is more in proportion to their education and ability. It is a problem which must be satisfactorily met in the very near future, or educational standards will receive a setback that belated relief cannot entirely eliminate...
Seldom has a conflict of great minds, such as that which occurs in Symphony Hall tonight, taken place with no specific subject for discussion previously announced. If, as now seems likely, President Lowell and Senator Lodge intend to discuss the particular problem of the Covenant of Paris rather than the general proposition of a League of Nations, a more valuable purpose will be served. Even the opponents of the present draft admit that a league of peace, under whatever name, is theoretically desirable, and that popular opinion demands some organization for the future prevention or limitation...