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...present investigation to ascertain the number of men available as patrons, calls attention once more to the perennial problem afforded by conditions at Memorial Hall. Although the Corporation has been in control of the restaurant there for nearly two years, it has been found impossible to increase the attendance to the coveted thousand mark, when Memorial may be operated at its maximum efficiency. The fact that there has been a steady financial loss, together with the persistent rumor that the Hall is soon to have another strong competitor, seems sufficient for the advancement of the following suggestion...
...practice of the German gymnasium in this matter offers the University a simple and satisfactory solution of the ventilating problem. In Germany, lectures and recitations are limited to fifty minutes. Immediately upon the close of the recitation, the windows of the class room are opened wide and remain so for the intervening ten minutes. At Harvard there is a period of seven minutes between lectures. It might easily be made the duty of the departing monitor to open all windows. Even this would be ineffective, however, if there were not also a rule that the windows be left open until...
...think it is desirable. The correct policy to pursue is to put competition under reasonable regulation. The question which confronts the United States today is merely this: shall we try to work back towards perfect competition, or shall we accept the other alternative and regulate competition and confront the problem of fixing prices for all the most important commodities in the same manner as railroad rates, gas rates, and the like...
...Rudolph Spreckels gave the fifth of a series of lectures on "The Social Problem and its Remedies" yesterday afternoon. Mr. Spreckels's subject was "The Business Man's Remedy...
...Rudolph Spreckels, who became famous as the supporter of Francis J. Heney in the San Francisco graft prosecution, will deliver the fifth of the series of lectures on "The Social Problem and its Remedies" in Emerson D this afternoon at 4 o'clock instead of at 4.30, as was previously announced. He has chosen for his subject "The Business Man's Remedy." The lecture will be open to the public...