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...original members were those who would not bestir themselves to move from their former quarters in Westmorly Court and Randolph Hall, and those who indicated the House as their second or third choice. The regulations of most Masters stand in the way of men who would shift their House allegiance; only a few Adams residents have made such requests; the majority are well content. And it has been well advertised: its doings have been chronicled in the press, its head has spoken in the Union--as have others, of course. After all, as a colleague remarked, "You just...
Long agitated in Washington is a proposal to shift control of the airways from the Department of Commerce to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Such a proposal is embodied in a bill introduced by Senator Sam Gilbert Bratton of New Mexico. Instead of the present Department of Commerce certificate of authority, indicating only fitness to operate, it would require every airline to obtain a certificate of necessity & convenience from the I. C. C., submit to regulation of rates, schedules and finance like the railroads. Says Col. Young of the proposal: "Premature. . . . The industry is too young to be 'frozen' by excessive...
...made some startling discoveries concerning its use in mechanical factories. Machinery designed to turn out 165 pieces per minute is working at a 208 per minute rate. Wages are not reduced, but overhead is appreciably cut. Yet dividends pour forth as before. The secret is that the shorter shift is easier to handle, needs no lunch-hours and no replacements during lunch, and is more efficient. Shorter hours lessen the monotony and the production curve moves up, so that even the low spots are higher than before...
...opening foreword declares, "This is the moment in which much space of the newspapers is devoted to affairs in the East and editorials are busy tackling the Manchurian problem. It is hoped that the turmoil will not last long and, in fact, it cannot last long. A little shift of political incidents is sure to undermine the whole struggle and therewith the space occupied by this unfortunate event will saved for the exploitation of other fattens. Thus Manchuria will be for gotten and the Oriental people once again relegated to a sort of Utopiation-existence...
...front. At 2.50 o'clock a large field of entrants will try for medals in the 50-yard dash. J. B. Hawes '32 and A. C. Forbes '32 are prominent among the representatives of the Crimson track team who are entering this event. The scene will then shift to the Old Cage for the pole vault at 3 o'clock. This event should be of great interest as it is the first trial which the University vaulters will have this year in preparation for the meet on Saturday. Oscar Sutermeister '32 won the fall handicap meet from scratch, and should...