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...Merkel will be the guest of the Liberal Club at a dinner to be given at the Cranford Club at 6 o'clock tonight. Mr. Merkel, a member of the National Industrial Conference Board, which is an employers' association, has recently been making first-hand investigations of the labor situation. He will speak this evening on "Government in Industry," and will tell of the results of those investigations in his talk. After Mr. Merkel's speech there will be an informal discussion by the members...
...safe in themselves, is no insurance against mischievous doctrine. A student who accepts one theory in this passive fashion is just as liable to accept its contrary at a later date. The only method on which reliance can safely be placed is that of training the student in the first-hand investigation of facts; in the power of seeing which facts are significant; and in the drawing of valid inferences. To learn to think straight is the chief aim of a college education...
...should not now, especially when the rate of pay has been raised. A man who acts as guide assumes a responsibility. He should be able to interpret Harvard life to a stranger--not only by telling about the ages and uses of the buildings, but by giving him first-hand the part of the college life which can't be put into books. Being a Harvard student is not the only necessary qualification. A guide not only needs to learn "outside facts," but should have as well a real knowledge of undergraduate life. A capable guide gets experience...
...object of this luncheon is to give President Lowell and the other officers of the University a first-hand opportunity to thoroughly inspect the new improvements to the Union since the remodelling and refurnishing operations of this summer...
Managers of all major and minor sports in the University, as well as all captains who have been elected to date, will meet in Director Geer's office, Weld 4, tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to give first-hand information as to what the Department of Physical Training is trying to do, and to discuss the ways of co-operation between the department and the various organized athletics. The meeting will be very informal, so that there will be a chance for general discussion...