Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yale Dramatic Association will make its first appearance in Boston in Jordan Hall this evening at 8 o'clock with a bill of four one-act plays, each of an entirely different type. The first, a dramatization of Leacock's "Behind the Beyond" deals with the absurdity of problem plays and ridicules those who go to see them. "The Ghost of Jerry Bundler", by W. W. Jacobs which has been acted with much success by Cyril Maude, has been characterized as "A play of dark shadows and blue moon light in which the old inn, the old story...
Today is Red Cross Day. The need of the University's making a substantial contribution to war relief need not be dilated upon. The need exists beyond any question. Meeting it is the problem that confronts the University today...
...problem confronting undergraduates and particularly Seniors at this time is that of the choice of a field of life's work after graduation. For those considering permanent educational work, the University Appointment Office offers a solution of the problem. Many graduates, in the past, have been aided in securing positions through this office, but Seniors have not always understood that it was intended to benefit them also. The scope of the Appointment Office is wide, embracing not only teaching positions, but also scientific research, social service, and administrative work of an educational nature...
...University Law School will, in all probability, lecture to Radcliffe students next year, providing a class of 12 is formed. For a long time attempts have been made to have women admitted to the Law School but President Lowell has never been willing to sanction such a proposition. The problem has been tentatively solved by Dean Thayer and Professor Beale of the Law School, and President Briggs of Radcliffe, by the above provision. Already more than the required number of women, graduates of Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr and Wellesley, have expressed their desire to take advantage of any law course offered...
...Arthur Woods '92, police commissioner of New York City spoke interestingly in the Union last night on the problems that confront a policeman in New York and of the imperfect conditions under which a body of 11,000 men has to control a population of five and a half millions, two and a half millions of which are foreigners. He spoke of the various methods of policeing the city and told of his experiences as deputy commissioner six years ago. "One of the most striking things about New York crime," said Mr. Woods, "is the fact that a large proportion...