Word: effective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Montreal rumors were to the effect that Premier Taschereau, backed by Ontario's Ferguson, had strongly hinted that unless I. P. & P. was willing to raise its price, Crown land leases would be canceled, timber land reallocated to Canadian pulp mills now shut down...
...savage vote of 318 to 82. But it will not be dead until Dec. 22. On that date a second referendum must be held, according to the constitution. If 50% of the electorate should vote with Hugenbergists?which seems utterly improbable?then the Liberty-Law would come automatically into effect despite its rejection by the Reichstag. Worse could not befall the Fatherland. The Allies will ruthlessly force her to keep paying reparations if she tries to refuse, but so long as she continues to pay willingly they will go on fattening with loans the wise goose that lays their golden...
...differ with them. Authoritative among such voices was that of Walter N. Kahn, agile, dark president of the American Diamond Cutters Manufacturers Association, envoy from them to the U. S. Senate Finance Committee. Master diamond cutter is Mr. Kahn, able to instruct his many workmen to such good effect that diamonds cleave well, cut well, in trade parlance "run" well for him. Mr. Kahn blamed the unsettled state of the diamond tariff (TIME, Aug. 26). Ably he pointed to the gradual slump in buying since last summer, due to the retail hope for lower schedules. Happily he pointed...
...fate of the many clubs and fraternities at Harvard under the House Plan. It is difficult to make any predictions, since there is so little positive data from which to predict. Nevertheless it appears certain that the new system, once instituted, will have an immediate and important effect on all the undergraduate social organizations at Harvard. It seems everyone is agreed that the outlook for the fraternities and clubs is serious, not to say alarming. It would be desirable to know what attitude the administration will adopt towards the existence of so many organizations, and what steps will be taken...
Practice teaching on this general plan has been conducted at Harvard since 1902. The extension of the idea of apprenticeship to other forms of educational service was part of the reorganization of the program of the Graduate School of Education which went into effect in 1927. The School now requires two years of work for the Master's degree with a general examination and apprenticeship in addition to the ordinary requirement of credit in courses. Every student in the School combines in his program the theoretical study of Education and advanced work in the special subject he expects to teach...