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...group of highly publicized, incompetent "starlets"; the John Barrymores are giving way to the Ann Sheridans. Some blame the script writers, some the directors. But though each of these arguments may be perfectly valid in regard to specific faults of the movies, they do not arrive at the basic cause for Hollywood's declining standards. This fundamental cause is the belief shared by practically everyone in Hollywood, that the movie-going public has an I.Q. a little lower than that of a mentally retarded twelve-year...
Employers will be required to pay a bonus to all employes at a rate which the Government will vary according to variations in the cost of living. But no employer, without special permission, may increase the basic wage rate he pays...
...find such paragons, Air Forces snapped young officers from Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery (thus short-cutting basic military training), took only a few newcomers to military life. One of them: Captain Elliott Roosevelt, Specialist Reserve, who will report for combat training next month after finishing a course as a navigator...
After 4:30 o'clock when the members stopped for "tea," a discussion was organized in which the basic philosophy of the work camp idea was analyzed. "Our motives were varied," said Friedman, "because so many different groups were represented. We are all working for the same reason, but the emphasis is different...
...basic ideal which justifies the existence of any educational institution is preparation of its students for their future life. That ideal does not imply that every college should be a vocational training school. Harvard Faculty and students unitc in the conviction that a training in the liberal arts is the best way to develop character, intellect, and possibilities for future usefulness. Yet by abolishing the Placement Bureau, the Administration has done much to render the ideal of preparation irreconcilable with practice. The most important function of any Harvard graduates's life is his work, and no expense should be spared...