Word: americanization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...American Economic Association offers two prizes: a first of $1,000 and a second of $500, for the most meritorious papers on the subject of "What Can a Man Afford to Give?". The donor of the prizes, Mr. E. A. Karelsen, believes that a general discussion of the rational basis of contributions for altruistic purposes will do great good, and hopes that competition for the prizes may be nation-wide. Any American citizen is eligible to compete. The essays are to be submitted in typewritten form on or before October 1, 1920, to the secretary of the American Economic Association...
...article entitled "Just What is a College Education Worth?' published in an American magazine, Percy S. Straus '97 brings up anew the question of the value of college-bred men in business. Mr. Straus, who is Chairman of the Committee on Employment of the Harvard Club of New York City, tells a significant story of a brilliant college graduate who was offered a position involving statistical work in a large plant. Once at work, "Dean, the graduate in question, showed a flash of real brilliancy in analyzing the operations of two departments. The unfortunate factor was that in getting...
Charles Henry Fiske, Jr., of Weston, Massachusetts, Harvard 1893, has presented to Trinity College, Cambridge, England, the sum of 1,600 pounds for the establishment of a scholarship in memory of his son, Charles Henry Fiske, 3d, Harvard 1919, to be tenable by an American student nominated by the President and Fellows of Harvard University. The President and Fellows were recently informed of the gift and have accepted the privilege of making the nomination...
...Olympics come during the coming summer. These are the only meets where the college and club stars will compete together before the Olympic try-outs next summer and their ability will be in a large measure judged and compared from the results of these championships. The members of the American Olympic Committee will accordingly be able to form a good opinion of who the best men in competition are and will be able to judge the strength of the team which will represent this country in the Olympic games next August...
...business management announces that the two performances of "Primerose" which was presented a few weeks ago by the Cercle cleared $550, which is to be donated to the American Committee for Devastated France...