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Before 1935 one of the thorniest problems facing PBH and the University was what to do with the commuters. Brooks House had taken pity on them and supplied an eating hall and meeting place in the basement, where the draft board now sits. The University was satisfied; the commuters were content with the best they thought they could get; but work around PBH came to a standstill. Commuters were everywhere and the social service work specified by the deed of trust under which the House was given slowed down to low gear and threatened to stop altogether, during the very...
Plans are not yet definite regarding action which will be taken if the firm refuse to open themselves for inspection. The present draft of the proposed letter merely states that "In case any establishment should be found violating fundamental business practice warning would be given, followed by more coercive means if this were disregarded...
Composed of nine undergraduates, the committee has also made a first draft of a letter which will be sent out to Cambridge firms as they are reported from time to time by indignant students. Over the signature of F. Barton Harvey '43, out of House representative on the Council, the letter states the reasons why an investigation is desired, and requests the cooperation of the store. Harvey emphasized last night, however, that the draft is not final since it still has to receive the final approval of the Council...
...Government, alarmed by the draft's showing-that half the nation's young men are ill-toothed, nearsighted, addlepated or otherwise unfit-last week took steps to improve the physique of U.S. manhood. The start of the cure was announced by Franklin Roosevelt...
...already rejected for military service as physically or mentally substandard, 200,000 have been certified by draft-board physicians as mendable cases. On these 200,000 the first work will be done. They will be sent willy-nilly, said the President, to private doctors and dentists for treatment of eyes, teeth, hernias, venereal diseases, etc. As soon as they are fit, they will be immediately certified for military service...