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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This is probably the main conservation problem. As long as nobody bothers them, Congressmen will go right on supporting the sheep-owners' demands to chew the life from the grazing lands. As long as nobody bothers them Congress will go merrily on, allowing the nation's resources to float down the drain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sheep, Soil, Good Sense | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

Majority control of minority groups always poses a difficult problem for a democracy. There is probably no "perfect" solution. But the only way to cope with the problem without imposing either dictatorship of the majority or dictatorship of the minority is constitutionalism. When applied to the Harvard scene, this means that there should be simple, written rules as to how any group may get a charter. These rules should not involve value judgments as to what "furthers the purposes of a Harvard education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chartering A Club | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

...actually impractical to keep the library open for the entire summer, perhaps a less costly plan could be devised to open it at least one or two days of the week, and certainly for a couple of weeks before final exams. Staff would present no problem; the University plans to have librarians checking and classifying the books for part of the summer, in any case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer Reading | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

...Council also postponed final settlement of the Red Book-Album problem to next Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sphinx, New Final Club, Is Approved by Council | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

...difficult problem in creating a style that would reveal the emotions of the matador at work and tell what is happening in the arena. In describing the fight, the author presents the thoughts and feelings of the matador. At times, it is difficult to tell exactly what the bull has done, but the rapid tempo and the strong emotional grip of this description make up for the factual problem...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

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