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...have much the same labor difficulties as exist, in this country. The workingman is everywhere in the world dissatisfied with his lot. The difference in Japan is that we are seeking for a more humane solution of the problem than has been arrived at elsewhere. Here you have attempted to settle it from the materialistic standpoint alone, while in Japan our effort is to make the capitalist look at the labor question from the human standpoint. There must be a compromise between the two contending forces which will satisfy both and give neither an overwhelming advantage over the other...
...annual competition for the Topiarian Club Trophy will be held for the next three days in the School of Landscape Architecture. It is open to members of Landscape Architecture 2 and 3. The subject, a problem in landscape architecture, will not be announced in advance...
Asked as to his views on spiritualism and immortality. Maeterlinck declined to go fully into the subject saying that it was too large a problem to be handled satisfactorily in the few minutes at his disposal...
...others one finds all sorts of needs, varying from careful supervision in organized sports to special exercises for the delicate or the physically handicapped. Every attempt has been made to combine the obvious need of the individual and his own inclinations. Mr. Geer and his associates have met their problem of physical training very well and are succeeding in making physical training interesting as well as beneficial. The key-note of the work has been that what is good for the individual need not necessarily be distasteful...
...meddle in British politics. As Senator Lodge bluntly said, "it is none of our business." English opinion is significantly set forth in the following quotation taken from the London Times: "The problem of Irish peace is essentially a British-nay, even-an English problem, to be faced by Englishmen. Any suspicion of foreign interference would prejudice the hope of a settlement which, if it is to possess and retain its full virtue must be spontaneous." Clearly, a blundering recognition of one of the factions would be of no service in the formulation of an adequate plan...