Word: projects
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although varying in approach, all these jobs aim to give the student first hand knowledge of our growing social problems. From the College Summer Service Group in New York comes the announcement of a project providing thirty-five hours a week of work in the city's overcrowded, but little publicized districts. "Life in the raw" is what this group offers its workers, an insight into the poverty, ignorance, and superstition which slum areas breed...
Asked of the work of the course, Colonel Bagley outlined a very interesting project that is being undertaken by the students. The area from Concord to Framingham is being photographed, and the photos will be used to make a standard map. This map will be reproduced in colors, and will be available...
...Boston's current attraction, swan song of a seven-week policy of presenting a second feature instead of a stage show, shows clearly why the project has failed. There has been nothing in the outward appearance of these pictures that could induce a pedestrian to come on in and sit down...
Intra-mural sports have invaded the Yard with the recent project inaugurated by the Freshman Union Committee. Yardling aggregations will vie with one another in Squash, Tennis, and Soft Ball...
...averages, confirmed by Widener investigation, shows that of the books that have been borrowed, half have been out more than two weeks when demanded, half less than two weeks. For that reason, Metcalf said, the project of limiting loans to two weeks, subject to renewal if no demand had been made, was "being seriously considered." He pointed out, however, that only six percent of the borrowers would benefit from this plan, whereas many would be inconvenienced...