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...shame to name a thing a "problem" in these days of thousands of "vital problems," but the octopus journalist is certainly eligible for this title. Ten million persons are said to buy his papers daily. This particular problem is to ascertain how many persons, besides Mr. Hearst, take Mr. Hearst seriously. The question is how many people are being fooled how much of the time...
...view of these conditions, it would seem that one possible solution of the dining problem would be the establishment of a really first class cafeteria dinning hall. There ought to be new hygienic tables and the equipment should be thoroughly good in every way. No doubt this would entail the investment of considerable now capital, but if efficiently operated on this plan, Memorial Hall ought to accommodate 1500 students, which would seem to warrant the expansion...
Uncertainty as to how the summer vacation may best be spent always exists in the minds of many undergraduates until the examinations are upon us. Those who cannot afford to loaf at the seashore or seek liquid consolation in Europe or Canada are confronted with the important problem: What temporary employment is there available? A solution may be found in tutoring positions and the like, but the man who wants an open-air job, involving a not to too strenuous degree of physical labor, meets the greatest difficulty in placing himself...
...effort to solve the right field problem Coach Young started K. B. Lucas in that position. The erstwhile first baseman acquitted himself rather well at bat, securing one hit, but was a non-entity in the field. Although outhitting their opponents 8-6, the Freshmen failed to make good use of their hits and made errors at critical moments. Buell at third was the one exception, getting a triple, two singles, scoring both runs, and having a perfect day in the field. Dartmouth played an errorless game and had but two men left on bases...
...they have learned their lesson. Large industrial corporations are beginning to realize that they are vitally dependent on the universities for their perpetuation, and they are casting about for an equitable solution of the problem. The logical solution is for them to give their financial backing to universities--to put back a portion of the financial gains into the funds of the institutions. That is exactly what is being done. Cornell has received gifts from large corporations which draw on her colleges for their men, and New York University especially is emphasizing this phase of the endowment problem...