Word: localitis
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Wherefore we retract or rather has ten to explain that our editorial was not in the nature of an expose of local restaurants, and that we had no intention of accusing any of them or profiteering. It hardly occurred to us that in commenting on a newspaper clipping merely as a means of lightly entertaining our readers a poor means we will admit--we would be taken seriously...
Furthermore in the absence of any discussion groups we believe that much can be done to promote interest in topics of local or national interest by the publication of letters from students. Not only are such letters a means of self expression, and so of pleasure to the writer, but they are also an index of Harvard opinion more sensitive than can be the attempt to represent a consistent and more or less non-existent student opinion as we are obliged to do in the editorial columns...
Unemployment, nowadays, is a national evil; but at present there is a local aspect of it which is of more concern to Ithacans and Cornellians than the national problem. The Cornell University Employment Bureau in Barnes Hall is faced with hundreds of applicants for work, with very few positions to fill. There are many students in the University who are dependent on what they can earn to pay their way through college. Their predicament is no slight one if they cannot find work...
...there are plenty of jobs for students, if one simple truth is understood. There is a prejudice against student workers because they are believed to be inefficient. But it is a well-recognized economic fact that prevalence of unemployment produces efficient labor. This fact is perfectly applicable to the local situation. And it is perfectly fair to the student worker. He is not asking for charity. He expects to give a satisfactory day's wages. Looked at from either side, it is a business transaction. If the worker fails to do his share, he cannot expect to keep...
...does that sinful device really persist in Cambridge? and by other "new ideas that do not jibe with the traditions of the university." The "loyal" students who supported the President organized parades and stripped for action in the best Lusk manner, but were prayerfully dissuaded from war on the local Soviet...