Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which jostled William Crapo Durant out of General Motors jolted Frank A. Seiberling out of Goodyear. He retained his stock in the corporation, but had no money. As many men did, Edgar B. Davis knew of the wreckage; as few men did, he went to Mr. Seiberling's help. Together they formed the Prudential Securities Co. Mr. Davis put in $500,000 and guaranteed $5,000,000 of company pledges. To the Prudential Securities Co. Mr. Seiberling pledged his Goodyear stock and other personal assets, and thereby secured cash. Friend Davis in a corporate way had loaned the money...
...fact that a very similar situation seems to be in the making at Harvard. At Princeton where the community chest has been used for several years past, the Student Council has further been forced to send letters to the parents or guardians explaining the situation and seeking their help in meeting the obligations neglected by the undergraduates. Such a crisis has not been reached as yet at Harvard; it might never occur. But to such as are prone to take the budget pledge somewhat lightly and to have no proper qualms about neglecting it, the experience at Princeton should...
...August a special form-letter is sent out from the office of the Dean of Harvard College to the parents and teachers of each Freshman, asking them to write confidentially about the boys in a way that will be helpful to the Dean's Office. When the replies to these letters come back, the Dean of Harvard College, the Freshman Dean and the Chairman of the Board of Freshman Advisers read them. The chairman marks the passages which will be of help to the Advisers, and these are copied and sent to each Adviser, together with the other information concerning...
Inasmuch as most of the support for the University and Freshman teams comes from the Harvard Polo Association, whatever help it decides to give will be of great use to the teams. At the present time the squads have to be cut very stringently, because of the lack of suitable mounts for the players...
...farm problem is simple. The only large variable involved is weather. If weather is good, so are crops. Too-big crops make too-small prices. If weather is bad, prices are good but many a farmer will have no crop to sell. Intelligent study of sound weather data will help stabilize his decision as to when to plant but the farmer still needs a gambler's instinct at planting time. And thereafter his fortune is in the lap of winds, rains, frosts...