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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...period, were all prominent athletes. In direct contrast, however, are the leaders of this year's senior class. Only one of them is a member of a university team: Rogers, hockey star, was elected treasurer. Orr, the president, is track manager, but has no other connection with the sports field. The vice-president is captain of a minor team, swimming; while the secretary is not even remotely associated with any sport...
...used to say, in discussing the Christian religion, that that was the one philosophy which affected every one of us and toward which all of us had to take a positive stand, either for or against. This same necessity is very nearly the case as regards the investment banking field as I doubt if there is a man who goes through Harvard College who at one time or another does not have it suggested to him that he enter the field of investment banking, or as it is perhaps better known--selling bonds. At a reunion, one Class advertised...
Aside from the obvious meaning of the last statement, there is a very definite reason for the prevalence of Harvard men in the Investment field. Bond selling requires certain very definite characteristics in the way of background, education, and training, most of which most Harvard men may be assumed to possess. The technical requirements at the start are nil; a man entering the field can learn whatever is required of him, and as he progresses, his actual knowledge of investments will increase in direct proportion to the amount of effort he puts into learning his subject. Above all, a certain...
...years ago, and a comparison of that list with the names of men who are doing "very well" in Wall Street, State Street, and elsewhere, will show that there are many names identical on both lists; that is to say, ten or fifteen years in the investment banking field has brought success in a large way to many Harvard...
...field of the decorative arts, too often neglected, the material is distinguished. Both the ceramics and the textiles of Raoul Dufy deserve special notice. The ingenious miniature reproductions in pottery of the Moorish Gardens at Granada, and the lively designs of his fabrics, attest to the versatility of this talented artist. Brilliant workmanship marks a great variety of objects on display, such as cigarette cases, book-covers, silver, jewelry and glassware...