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...social and natural sciences underlies much of this danger. Business too often has demanded technically trained people though simultaneously mouthing approval of the humanities. Possibly a compromise between education and business could be worked out wherein business would assume much of the specialized training after graduation and depend on the colleges for more general, liberal instruction. Today, many who major in the sciences in order to secure jobs find themselves later placed in administrative positions where their technical skills are almost useless...
...some sports are more popular than others. A football game will always draw larger crowds than a fencing match. Yet from the player's point of view outside popularity is arbitrary. Baseball has declined considerably since the twenties, and though spectator appeal sustains basketball and hockey, track and crew depend upon tradition for their headlines and their "major" status. The H.A.A. has faithfully tried to reflect the student body's interest, as in 1938. It has never, however, elevated a sport primarily for the players. This de-emphasis of the individual player is evident in the present organization...
Regardless of whether there are two big federations or one, the different individual unions will continue to operate as separate unions, Healy said. In politics, however, he thought that the merger would give labor a more consolidated front. The increase i political power "would depend on how well the federation leaders can bring the members of their unions to follow one policy," Healy continued...
...have many complaints against the West...But this should not blind us to the fact that the West today needs us as much as we need the West...The Arabs do not have the force to stand against international currents and have no alternative but to depend on others for their own defense." Egypt argued that Arabs should unite and grow strong on their own before joining in Western defense, thereby assuring themselves more influence. Said Nasser: "Our people are still suffering from the complex of foreign domination. Any organization coming from without would be looked upon with suspicion...
Until now, upperclassmen have had to depend entirely on their senior House tutors and Dean Leighton's office for scholarship information...