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...questions Secretary Hoover when he declares that the Federal government is legally powerless to settle the coal strike; but the very hopelessness of any settlement save through government interference, emphasizes and great gulf between the strict constructionists of 1789 and the Constitution as interpreted today. Jefferson would turn in his grave if he could see the complex machinery of the national government he strove to hold in check. More and more is it becoming natural for every sort of interest when in difficulty to turn to the government for a solution. The finger of paternalism extended far more readily...
...forcibly the problem of the limitation of enrolment. We have not at present sufficient class rooms or dormitories--especially freshman dormitories--to take care of any further large increase. This problem is really a group of problems, all difficult, some exceedingly difficult, and most of them needing for their settlement more facts than we now have. Before a general policy can, be formulated on this great question it must engage the attention of the governing boards and the faculties, and it is likely to be discussed by alumni and undergraduates. It is natural that with a widespread discussion of this...
...which the tragedy grows and in the main lines of its characters, it is true. And it is true, too, in its utter hopelessness. It is as hopeless as life is--as life often is, anyhow. It does not end. It does not reach any solution, or even settlement of its problem. The curtain simply comes down on hopelessness. The only important point in which the play does not seem thus fundamentally true is in the emphasis it puts upon underpayment as the cause of the destruction of the lives of Millvale's school teachers. Underpayment, beyond a doubt...
...doors, perhaps forever. The Stuart Street extension seems to be a settled doom, and what is to become of the Jewetts remains a riddle. There was a well grounded report recently that they had rented the Playhouse in Chicago for a summer experiment, with a view to permanent settlement in the West. But Mr. Jewett has denied any such intention, and the manager of the Playhouse has suddenly discovered that he was "taken in" by a clever crook who purported to be Mr. Jewett's personal representative. Is it significant that the Company is playing "Raffles" this week...
Following is the list of the University workers in the various institutions, such as settlement houses, churches, educational clubs, Welfare Societies, Boy Scout organizations, and hospitals, in whose work the Committee has taken a part...