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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vocational Counsellor should indicate the essential features of various businesses so that the student would be either attracted or repelled by the picture thus presented. If the student is interested, he will probably investigate the matter further; if repelled, he can cross off one branch of business from his list and devote his attention to those which remain. As Douglas Fryer points out in his book, Vocational Self Guidance, the essential need is not for guidance but for stimulation, for thinking on the basis of accurate information. The report has stressed this point and I am in hearty agreement with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DALY DISCUSSES STUDENT COUNCIL VOCATION REPORT | 6/1/1929 | See Source »

...degree from Wisconsin in 1916. This prize is awarded to the winner of an examination open only to Seniors and graduate students. The competition is based upon an essay written in the examination room on a topic in economics and political science chosen by the candidate from a list not previously announced. The winner becomes the incumbent of the scholarship for the coming year and is enabled to carry on his studies under the supervision of the Department of Economics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Benedict Wins Prize | 5/28/1929 | See Source »

...bear little relation to the remarkable outlay required of him in September. The reason of course is clear enough, the cost of handling and storage are so great that in order to make a fair profit the dealers in such literature have to pocket about twenty percent of the list price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWICE BLEST | 5/28/1929 | See Source »

...Passed without a roll call legislation to improve the Army promotion list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week May 27, 1929 | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...Although the author intended to remain anonymous," said a government official secretary, "the book is so intimate that his identity could easily be detected." With only this for a clue, editors busily listed all the King's personal friends who might have written such a book; thoughtfully checked and rechecked the list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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