Word: jobs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...render service in war employment is a tire-some task and likely to place one in the end in an unimportant or disagreeable position. Backed by the reputation and investigations of the Harvard Employment Office the student is much more likely to discover and obtain a useful and congenial job without the delay and trouble of an individual search...
...wants has been a brake on individual production. Large classes of labor and groups of manufacturers have become impressed with the notion that they are indispensable. High wages have made it appear to many workers that they are fulfilling a patriotic duty by merely being present on the job. High prices for ships, military equipment and munitions have convinced some manufacturers that their obligation is fulfilled by the mere fact that they are in the business. The incentive of competition for customers or employment being removed, producers of the manifold war requirements are spending too much energy in determining...
...With a much smaller number of students, this year finds more than twice as many doing "officially unsatisfactory work." The number of men on probation is greater in proportion than ever before. What can this mean to the outside world but that Harvard men are unwilling to do their job...
...Complete control of our ship-yards may be the answer. It may even be necessary to utilize the draft to secure a full working force for each war industry. Men in Uncle Sam's khaki drawing $30 a month may find military discipline sufficient incentive to keep on the job...
...history and government experts agree that when the fighting is over then the most difficult questions will have to be decided and decided by you. For that reason, keep on the job' right here until the order comes...