Word: assets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...particular talents are, and in what way he has anything more to contribute than the thousands of others graduating not only from his college, but from the many other colleges both here and abroad. It is almost inevitable that one of the things he will consider as a primary asset is the knowledge he has acquired through his "concentration." After all, he has had a certain amount of experience in that field, and therefore has that much advantage over the rest of the world. If he decides, as is most often the case, to continue in this field and make...
...field such as the Fine Arts, the material which he will have acquired by the time he receives his diploma will always stand him in good stead--with one possible exception: he will find it a questionable asset in earning his living. I think it is highly debatable whether the Fine Arts can be considered a profession--it is rather, a "cause." Not that there aren't many jobs connected with the Fine Arts which have in the past, and will in the future, yield a tidy income; but in the first place these jobs are few and far between...
Throughout the country the alumni bodies have often proved more of a detriment to American education than an asset. It is no empty stereotype that has pictured them as contributors to the volume of the college cheers, rather than to the cultural activity and educational advancement of their alma maters. This perennial collegiatism cannot be blamed on the earnest graduates so much as the empty spirit that has pervaded so many of our campuses from the beginning of the century. It is another example of the lack of perspective with which past generations of college men have been imbued...
...combination of gold and silver. It is on the gold standard (at 59? to the dollar) and has on the side a hoard of silver, a highly speculative asset against some of its liabilities. Only sensible explanation of the Treasury's continuing to increase that huge speculation is that it is looking forward to making the dollar a gold & silver combination. That would be symmetallism, first cousin to bimetallism and would take the speculative element out of the U. S. silver hoard. But no word did the Treasury breathe last week of symmetallism or bimetallism. Talk of monetary changes...
...Schwab now gets his $250,000, good years or bad, and when the Bethlehem stockholders met in Newark, N. J. last week, the aging founder, present but not presiding, bore the brunt of the complaints. Loyally defending his chief from the chair, President Grace called Mr. Schwab a "real asset to the corporation...