Word: second
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...start of the second half the Crimson cagers showed slightly more drive, but their attack stalled completely because of ineffectual shooting. Their modified zone defense with Peabody and Ruml covering Mischo worked fairly well, but 22 points won't win many ball games. The Feslermen held their own for part of the last half, but never closed the gap to less than nine points...
...main criticism by the opposition is supported with two lesser objections. In the first place, with fine Republican indignation they demand the immediate enactment of the far-reaching reforms for the elimination of politics from W.P. A. administration recommended by the Shepherd Committee. The second measure for which the opposition is fighting is the abandonment of lump sum appropriations in favor of appropriations itemized by Congress for expenditure on stipulated projects. Even if there is a measure of justice in each of these criticisms, their adoption in the middle of a fiscal year would hardly be justified. As Lincoln once...
During the second week of the show, which is the first in a series to be held at Leverett House during the next few weeks, Rubenstein will include some color lithographs which he is now making in New York City...
...second proposal in the Report--that the spirit of competition in the lower ranks should extend to the higher departmental positions--is also likely to be beneficial to the entire college. Obviously automatic salary increases, or even the assurance of a steady wage, are not conducive to the same qualitative and quantitative accomplishment that competition tends to produce. The substitution of competitive for automatic standards among professors should therefore result in a higher general level of attainment...
Against these proposals, it may be argued that set rules of tenure lessen the University's bargaining power and that professorial competition detracts from the dignity of that exalted calling. But the increased security provided the younger members of the Faculty more than balances the first objection, and the second criticism is nullified by the fact that competition will serve only as a stimulus to those academicians who at the present time are prone to rest on their laurels. Although minor objections may remain, it seems likely that these proposals will not only decrease the present discontent among instructors...