Word: stress
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...small for the personnel which inhabits them. That Wadsworth House has been found wanting is conclusively proved by the fact that several years ago plans were suggested for a new and modern medical centre. This building has been held in abeyance because the donor has felt the stress of the depression. But the University has offered no assistance...
Associated by birth and education with the best American traditions, Justice Holmes had a dignity which could forget itself, but which others could not forget. During a period of stress which has not always been kind to hallowed institutions, that dignity has been an invaluable buttress to the Supreme Court. Naturally, to such a character, the necessity for "bowing to the inevitable" can be recognized only with the deepest reluctance, a reluctance bound to be shared by his fellow citizens. But consolation is found in the conviction that Justice Holmes, whatever physical infirmities age may bring, still remains in heart...
...report of Dean Pound for the Law School is especially interesting this year because of a full discussion of the curriculum, its adherence to the policy of laying stress upon the fundamental principles of law, as contrasted with giving the students material for immediate use in their practice, and at the same time its adjustment to the changing condition of the times in the selection of the topics through which those principles are taught. The weight laid on principles rather than practice was the essence of Langdell's system. It has made the reputation of the School...
Whatever the immediate advantages of entering upon a career in a depression, the mental influence of times of stress is beneficial. The young man entering a fool's paradise from his university may conceive of life as a series of halycon days interspersed with a few unexplainable storms, but he who graduates in the collapse of this paradise will have greater respect for the sterner virtues, which, come to the front in stormy days...
Branch Banking. Yet even though a bank should pay 100% after it closes, the closing cannot help but cause stress to both depositors and borrowers. Hence the year has been one that has made all serious bankers ponder remedies carefully. John William Pole, Comptroller of the Currency, has tirelessly reiterated his arguments in favor of larger banks, many branches. Last week he gloomily contemplated the ravages of Depression upon the banking system, and again pleaded with slow-to-change bankers and suspicious Congressmen for the development of branch-banking. Said he: "In brief, the purpose of the legislation recommended...