Word: branching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chief Marshal of the Executive Committee, Rev. Francis G. Peabody '69 opened the ceremony by an Invocation. Then followed the series of congratulatory addresses by men who gave their greetings to President Eliot on behalf of the nation, the state, the other universities of the country, and every branch and department of Harvard University...
...life Mr. Gilbreth has made a specialty of studying the workingman from a standpoint of efficiency. A bricklaying contractor for a number of years, himself, he made an intensive study of this art, with the result that the rate of bricklaying was doubled. Mr. Gilbreth has investigated almost every branch of work with the same result. He has invented the micro-motion and chronocyclegraph processes for determining the fundamental units and methods of industrial education. Before a special background fitted with a dial to record the time element, Mr. Gilbreth's expert assistant photographs the best workers in each trade...
Zinoviev, Chairman of the Internationale, derided those foreigners who state that the Soviet Government is only a branch of the Communist Internationale. He pointed out that, whereas Communism "sways only one-sixth" of the world today, within four years it will "sway half the world...
...believe that the Business School training is practically invaluable. Not only does it develop a man's quickness and ability to coordinate his thoughts on the task at hand, but, above all, it teaches him the exact methods by which the big firms carry on their work in each branch of the business. It also gives him a wider grasp and knowledge of the whole field, and a broader outlook on the work in which he is not materially interested, than that of a man who immediately enters business and sticks to his own particular branch. The training is especially...
When asked if there was one fault common to most graduates in business, he replied emphatically "Yes, impatience. Being conscious of their head-start over the untrained men, they want to be put immediately in the particular branch which they like best, at a time when they are really only raw material. Also they are a little less willing to receive suggestions or advice from their superiors; but experience soon makes them adaptable...