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This concession the CWA was unwilling to make, although many other donors in times less trying than these have made them. It is unfortunate that a satisfactory compromise could not have been struck between the government's desire to restrict its grant to students otherwise unable to remain in college and the University's desire to administer its own undergraduate aid. But Harvard's demand was made on the basis of a highly satisfactory record in meeting its special problems; the demand of the CWA, on the other hand, was largely a failure to recognize that the most general...
...When, if ever, the government is able to restrict the scope of its activity it will be necessary and advisable to drop many of these employees. A percentage of them, however, are admirably fitted for a public career and should be kept on. The government should make a practice of recruiting this type in ordinary times. But how can this be accomplished...
...certain that abuses are eliminated, and to this end a broad policy of national regulation is required. ... It is my belief that exchanges for dealing in securities and commodities are necessary and of definite value to our commercial and economic life. Nevertheless, it should be our national policy to restrict, as far as possible, the use of these exchanges for purely speculative purposes...
...Manhattan Co., $8,400,000 on the Bremen and the Manhattan, etc. etc. Every fast ship sailing from northern Europe in the next two weeks was reported booked up full. The limit on the amount of gold a ship carries is determined by the insurance companies which restrict the amount they will insure on any one vessel. Last week they were demanding five times the usual rate for gold insurance...
With compelling logic, Dean Hanford rejects the proposal to restrict tutorial instruction to men of Dean's List standing, pointing out that one of the chief values of the tutorial method is its capacity for stimulating a spark of intellectual curiosity in minds which the course system would never have aroused. The contrast in emphasis with President Conant's report is striking. The President would lavish money and attention on the few brilliant minds in each class. Dean Hanford declares: "There are always a number of able and ambitious students who will do work of honor quality without the need...