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...born", wrote Goethe, "to solve the problems of the world, but to find out where a problem begins, and then keep within the limits of our grasp". Essentially to discover where the real problem lies Mr. Bok offered his peace prize to American thinkers; and now Mr. Filene follows with a similar offer to European minds. He will give fifty thousand dollors for the best essay from England, Italy and France on a plan to procure world peace...
...individual American mind toward a plan for world peace, the award has made him feel that a direct personal contact can be created between the people of the United States and its legislative and executive governments. If these awards do nothing more than crystal thinking upon the peace problem so that legislators may assure themselves exactly what the people want, they will have served their purpose...
...Fogg Art Museum announced yesterday a large number of important permanent acquisitions and loans of works of art, which have been received during the past few weeks. These additions to a collection which is already over-flowing the building present a serious problem of adequate display to the directors of the Museum...
...competition for the Topiarian Club Trophy will consist of a given problem in landscape design, and students of the School of Landscape Architecture who wish to enter drawings should apply to Professor H. V. Hubbard...
...rare objects. It is quite probable that the tomb may be found to contain the mummies of two Egyptian kings, for the outer door has two cartouches. Khu-n-aten, Tut's father-in-law, may have held the throne jointly and have been buried with him. The chief problem of the investigators is to keep the material reasonably intact. The golden screen is in momentary danger of crumbling to dust. It has to be reinforced with waxed linen, which puts a dingy gloom on the brilliance of four millenniums...