Word: branching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competent to govern their fellow men, why should we endeavor to choose among them on the basis of their special qualifications? If all citizens are endowed with the same political capacity, why let any one stay in office very long? Our reluctance to make use of experts in any branch of public administration is in large measure a by-product of this national obsession. The most formidable obstacle in the path of civil service reform is not the avarice of the politician. It is the deep-seated popular conviction that any able-bodied citizen, whatever his competence or lack...
...departments open to Sophomore candidates are the News, Business, and Photographic, while the Editorial branch of the CRIMSON will be open to Juniors only. All four competitions will last 11 weeks. Previous newspaper training is valuable but not essential to candidates for any of three departments, and all students who feel an urge toward journalistic activity in any of these four lines are urged to attend the first meeting...
...News competition which consists of writing routine news of the University, ferreting out unusual stories or "scoops", interviewing prominent and interesting men, and a certain amount of office work, gives the candidate an unequalled chance to become familiar with every branch of the University and other outside activities. To the CRIMSON news candidate alone comes the thrill of meeting and talking with the most noted visitors or of seeing for the first time his story reprinted intact in a Boston paper...
...training that is offered by any of the departments not only offers all the advantages of an extra-curricular activity, but in the opportunity to interview prurient men, in the varied type of work involved, and in the contacts with every branch of college activity and life which are made possible, there is an opportunity which is not to be had elsewhere in Cambridge...
...branch of the United States Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is opened at the University to offer the opportunity for students to acquire knowledge of the sea and to pursue studies and training necessary for an understanding of the Navy and the Naval profession. The character of instruction and trading aims to equip the student for important national service in his chosen field of interest and activity and in his capacity of an influential and responsible citizen. It further equips the student for an appointment as a commissioned officer in the United States Naval Reserve...