Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors who wish to apply for N.Y.A. jobs may do so at any time until May 10 at the Student Employment Office in University L. Seniors may apply for N.Y.A. jobs at the offices of the various graduate schools if they intend to enter those schools...
...trust that TIME [March 3] does not intend to infer that the more than 24,000 Chamorros of Guam are not capable of intelligent and sustained labor...
Both sides were adamant. U. A. W. was confident that it had the strength to cripple Ford's production, if not stop it completely. And Henry Ford seemed determined not to budge from his lifelong position. Said he: "We do not intend to submit to any union, and those who belong to one are being fooled. . . . The men in our plants are satisfied generally with wages and conditions. Occasionally agitators try to keep our employes stirred up, but the men know they will be treated fairly by the company, without outside intervention...
...thin-faced, impassioned man, with intense blue eyes and a Theodore Roosevelt mustache, McNamara told reporters: "They say I will swing for this, but if I swing it will be for a principle. ... I am guilty, but I did what I did for principle and I did not intend to murder a man. ... I meant only to throw a scare into those fellows who owned the Times. ..." All over the U. S., workmen who had rallied to McNamara were sickened, union leaders went into hiding. James McNamara was sentenced to San Quentin for life. His brother served ten years...
This criticism sounds reasonable at first, but it is not a wholly valid one. To begin with, it is absolutely necessary to teach a lot of theory. Sociology is complex; it cannot be boiled down to a few hypotheses; it cannot be simplified. Harvard does not intend to train its students to go into social work as a vocation, but to give them a background which can be used in teaching, politics, business, or any other occupation. Surely there is nothing more practical than this. The usual, supposition is that theory is entirely impractical, and herein lies the flaw...