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...President Stark excitedly sets forth, "bears uniformly large, rosy-cheeked, delicious to eat, yellow-fleshed, freestone peaches, many of them weighing more than a pound, ripening a few days after the Hale-Elberta [peach] season when a truly high quality peach such as the Hal-Berta Giant will mean profit to the man who grows them and pleasure to the folks who eat them...
...stands for must volunteer to accept its measure of the responsibility of carrying our Nation forward." In his inaugural address Dr. Hutchison flayed the "false, materialistic doctrine" of going to college "because it pays," praised the oldtime college education which was "inviting only to those who did not set profit or wealth as their main objectives in life." Washington & Jefferson, chartered in 1787, is the oldest college west of the Alleghenies. Some of its original land is said to have been given by George Washington. Among its alumni: the late Composer Stephen Collins Foster ("Swanee River," "Old Black...
...Thursday last Mr. Harris was requested to provide the Dean with a memorandum substantiating his statement that the John Jay Dining Hall was conducted for private profit by the personnel in charge of its management. His response was wholly lacking in proof. Mr. Harris was then invited to appear for a hearing on Friday afternoon before a full and regular meeting of the Committee on Instruction. The Committee on Instruction has no responsibility for disciplinary action...
...When the Dean states that I was requested to prove 'my statement' that the John Jay dining hall was conducted for private profit by its management, he is sadly perverting the course of truth. The only statement on which the Dean demanded proof was a short sentence published in an historical situation, and was originally made in 1931. However, I did send an explanation of that statement, complete and explicit, to the Dean. It is to be noted that the same statement first appeared in "Spectator" in 1931 under another editor, was not refuted and caused no disciplinary action...
...problem which puzzles University officials throughout the country. Few student dining halls have proved wholly satisfactory, and Columbia's promise to conduct a thorough investigation probably indicates that the Spectator has done its readers a real service. But whether or not the halls are run for the personal profit of those in charge is not for outsiders to judge...