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...period of their stay, which will be from June 2 to August 17, the men will work individually or in small groups as part of the staffs of various church neighborhood houses, settlements, Y. M. C. A.'s, and other institutions. The purpose is to give the student first-hand contact under expert direction with actual social conditions, to than he may gain experience in the constructive work of improvement and relief. Another aim will be to train men for executive leadership, regardless of the profession they intend to enter...
...those on this trip are members of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Appropriations Committee. We want them to get first-hand knowledge of the army and what it is doing. We have enough supplies and troops on board to justify the voyage and its expense, even if there were no Senators or Representatives on the ship," said Mr. Weeks. " For heaven's sake, don't call this a junket! A junket is a trip where the people's money is spent unnecessarily...
...BEACHCOMBER IN THE ORIENT-Harry L. Foster-Dodd, Mead ($3.00). The Beachcomber's wanderings take him through Borneo, Siam, French Indo-China, Japan, the Malay States, the Philippines, under freight cars, and among types seldom met at first-hand in the pages of books. The volume is illustrated...
...foremost medical scientists of Japan arrived in the United States to make a two months' first-hand study of American and Canadian medical and public health institutions and methods. They...
...well-running English machine has been our tutorial model from the start. Our representatives, by going to work as eggs in the original machine, will become adjusted to its workings and bring back first-hand knowledge of how it operates. At the same time, English mechanics will be here to help adjust our own makeshift contraption...