Word: problems
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Phosphorous was used to burn men, houses, and forests. In addition, however, it made a wonderful smoke-screen through which, not even those with the keenest eyes could see." Using an illustration General Fries said. "Imagine trying to shoot ducks through a dense fog, and you have the same problem that confronted the attacking army trying to penetrate through a phosphorous cloud...
However when a man concentrates in geology, he is almost inevitably led to ask himself whether he shall devote his life to this branch of science. The attractiveness of the outdoor study and the fascination of its many problems become more compelling as course after course is taken; at the same time the student gets to know better what a professional career means. This knowledge is of great value to him, and probably in most cases it cannot be obtained in college without concentration. At soon as the decision to become a professional geologist is reached, the man should plan...
...Problem of Poverty in Some of its World Wide Aspects," Professor Carver, Sever 17, Economics...
...most striking features of the annual banquet of the Yale Daily News, held in New Haven last week, was the suggestion advanced by Dean Mendell toward remedying the problem of overpopulation. A third, and possibly a fourth, college, to rank with the two existing divisions, lie at the basis of his solution. The additional college would have much the same specialized curriculum as Sheffield, with the emphasis probably placed upon History and Economics...
...problem is not recognized as seriously at Cambridge as it seems to be at New Haven, but the small college plan discussed last year is an indication that the question of unwieldy size is not to be disregarded. There are few people today who would deny that the advantages of large scale production are somewhat dubious in the economics of education...