Word: data
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Competitions for the news and editorial ends of the paper will begin on October 4. The news competition is open only to members of the Sophomore class, the work consisting of gathering University news items. The editorial competition is open only to Juniors, and the work, consists of gathering data and writing editorials...
...same time the editorial competition, for Juniors only, will commence. The work will consist of writing and looking up data for editorials. Either one or two will probably be elected to the board at the end of the competition...
...social fields pre-eminently important at this time. The war will undoubtedly give rise to new points of view, and will call for a reconsideration of present theories. It will also bring countries new social and economic problems, especially when the reconstruction begins; and for their solution new data will be required...
...economists frequently have to go to European countries for statistical evidence. This they must then attempt to apply to American conditions,-a task which will become more difficult, if the United States succeeds in remaining the only first class nation not devastated by war. At present most economic data in this country is collected by government bureaus, which, as Professor Bullock points out, are always liable to political influences. Particularly do those more fundamental fields of study which do not yield immediate "practical" results need the attention of private investigators...
Wilbur G. Foye, A.M. '12, Ph.D., '15, left yesterday for the Fiji Islands, where he will study the volcanic rocks of the islands and gather data concerning coral reefs. He is being sent by the University as Sheldon Fellow, and expects to remain there a year...