Word: problems
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following essay entitled "Where Do We Eat," was awarded the first prize of $25 given jointly by the Crimson and the Student Council for the best treatise on the eating problem at Harvard. It was written by H. W. Keyes...
Discussion of the eating problem at Harvard involves the consideration of the situation as it now exists, and of the remedies for it. Present conditions were caused by an unsuccessful dining-hall system, which should be studied as an indication of what is undesirable in the future. Suggestions for a new system must be founded upon a comprehension of the problem as it now stands...
With these aspects of the problem in mind, we are new in a position to consider their solution. Harvard University would do well to take the following steps to remedy the present situation...
...where possible with a view toward accommodating the occupants of the Yard dormitories, and the students in the Kirkland St., Cambridge St., and Broadway district. Such dining-halls should be built with an eye to pleasant interior decoration and good lighting. Their location should be planned to solve the problem of convenience...
Three different problems in connection with the student's part in college life and scholastic activity will be considered at the national assembly. The first problem will be to find a means of establishing closer contact beween faculty and undergraduates in American colleges; the second, to find a way of making intellectual attainment the chief object of college education and to give recognition to the man achieving it; and third, to make a re-appraisal of the sources of a college's claim to greatness with the emphasis placed upon the development of individuals rather than the amassment of great...