Word: question
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...dealing with government service the conservation movement claims first attention. This movement has been well defined by ex-President Roosevelt, who founded and set it on foot, as the application of common sense to common questions for the common good. It deals not only with the material substratum of the wealth of the country but with the equable distribution of this material. The question then is a moral as well as a material...
...fundamental question with which the country has to deal is that of the food supply of the people; how an increase in the productivity of the individual acre can be brought about; how we can carry our own people on our own soil. This problem is the basis of all others. There is great opportunity here for young men, but it must be remembered that money rewards from this kind of government service are not large. A man must take his satisfaction in serving his whole country, in the permanency of his position, in congenial surroundings, and in the complete...
...food question is the most important, but then comes that of the use of waterways. There is less water transportation in this country than in any other, and there is a great development ahead in this line...
...entertainment by the Musical Clubs tonight brings up the old question of informal concerts. The Pierian Sodality has done yeoman service this winter in the Union pop nights,--service that has been greatly appreciated,--and once in a while the Musical Clubs unbend so far as to give a free performance for the members of the University. If these organizations could be made to realize how much the undergraduates enjoy hearing them play and sing, we believe that they would appear more often...
...Illustrated Magazine have taken up the fight for an adequate gymnasium, and we are beginning to believe that something definite may be accomplished soon. The Bulletin believes that the Corporation should be the first to act and should "appoint a committee of graduates and undergraduates to investigate the question." The Illustrated, armed with plans drawn up by a firm of Boston architects, suggests that the undergraduates, by starting subscriptions, launch a movement that will soon get the support of the graduates. Both ideas are alike in that they demand prompt action on the matter. With this view we heartily agree...