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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yale and Princeton also fell prey to the deft Crimson racquet-wielders, and the team, coached by Harry Cowles, can be said to have had a most successful season. A few players are now aiming for the Intercollegiates, although the entries are still uncertain...
Shorn of all power and responsibility the Assistant Deans of University Hall carry on the work of specialized clerks whose principal function is to read the law (already prescribed in no uncertain terms) to recalcitrant offenders. For the most part, eminently fitted to help students through the everyday, general problems of college life they have no power to give such aid if they felt so inclined...
...Gold Clause Cases. Attorney-General Cummings intimidates the Court with the warning that the whole financial structure of the New Deal will go to seed with the rest of the country unless a favorable verdict is returned. The President himself seems anxious for an early ruling. But in no uncertain terms, the Court appears to foreshadow an unfavorable stand by the unprecedented action in announcing that the customary Court routine in handing down decisions on Mondays would not be followed this week...
...competition for this board will be of uncertain duration, depending upon the candidate's ability, achievement, and interest. In no case will it be shorter than three weeks, nor longer than eight weeks. Each candidate will be expected to write two editorials a night. Men will be taken on the board when they have demonstrated their ability to write tersely and coherently, to select and discuss subjects intelligently, and shown an interest in perfecting the editorial pages of the CRIMSON...
...obstacle should be pointed out, however--a difficulty which may render the plan inoperative in these uncertain times. Any provision for graduate study presupposes the ability of each member of the group to support himself during the three years. It is certain that unless at least one or two scholarships are available, the group will be pitifully small in proportion to its potential value. If the pay in government service were such as to compare favorably with that in private enterprise, more men would doubtless be willing to sacrifice three year's salary for higher education and more specialized training...