Word: boarding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Federal Reserve Board reported that industrial production was about at December's level, although a rise in January would be normal. The fact that public spending as indicated by bank debits showed a marked downtrend, posed the possibility that consumption might not support even the present rate of production. Balance of expert opinion, however, continued last week to term this industrial hesitation a "pause that refreshes" rather than a "lull before the storm...
Though Sears will be without a Rosenwald at its head for the first time in 39 years, it will have one on its board. Julius Rosenwald 2nd will be one of three new directors to attend the General's first meeting, which he may begin (as he does his meals and conferences) by barking out: "Let's charge...
Last week, not General Wood, but wan, diffident Board Chairman Lessing Julius Rosenwald resigned. At 47 he retired to his philanthropies and etchings. Sears' directors promptly upped General Wood to the chairmanship, a post to which the retirement rule does not apply...
Having marched Sears stores into 45 States and raised annual net sales from $319,000,000 to $537,000,000 in eleven years, General Wood is not likely to confine his generalship to board meetings. To succeed him the directors picked a man who can get along with the General (who chews up cigarets when he is mad). New President Thomas Joseph Carney is a company man, in 37 years has served under every Sears president. Born in 1886, same year as the company, he went to work at 16 as a shipping clerk. Later he managed the Philadelphia store...
...teachers must be taught to teach in this manner, the fact must be recognized. It must be recognized by the arts and sciences faculties, for it is only by their cooperation that the training can be brought about. Harvard has to an extent recognized it in the Board for the Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching, composed jointly of professors in Arts and Sciences and professors of Education. Candidates for the degree become proficient in their chosen subject under the former, and study the science of teaching under the latter. But a greater degree of cooperation is necessary...