Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weekly heap of dirty clothes is a problem that varying Harvard men solve in varying ways. Some carefully pack their laundry in neat cardboard cases, lug them down to the Post Office, and then spend weeks in squalor and grime waiting for the return mail. Other pile their clothes in the washbasin and alternately serub and sneeze until a dazzling brightness is attained. But most undergraduates shoulder or dispatch their wash to Cambridge laundries which charge up to $18 to fray cuffs off of shirtsleeves...
Early in the fall, the Adams and Dunster House Committees simultaneously--and independently--decided to try to clean up the laundry problem. They came up with the idea of installing coin-operated washing machines in the House basements, allowing a student to run off his week's wash for a few cents. The University had previously faded the hopes of a local capitalist who wanted to install a row of these wash-while-you-wait contraptions, stating that a profit-making scheme could not operate on University property...
...problem was wrung out at a recent House Masters' meeting after the Student Council had worked itself into a sufficient lather on the subject, and the Masters have finally tossed the whole bundle back at Mr. Reynolds. The Vice-President should stamp his mark of approval upon this idea, for if he spurns the plan to install a battery of Bendixes, one of the best proposals of late for cutting student expenses will wind up a washout...
McInnis faces the same problem that confronted Art Valpey last spring. He is largely unfamiliar with the personnel and their capabilities, and he must experiment until he finds the right combination. But he is tackling the problem in the same way Valpey did: he is starting with fundamentals Besides the regular batting practice for every man, he is giving individual instruction in bunting and sliding, with particular emphasis on the latter. The pitchers are still in the late stages of limbering...
...series, entitled "The Atlantic Community--A Going Concern," has so far considered the political and cultural aspects. Professor Cordon's topic tonight will deal with the economics of the problem. His talk will be open to the public...