Word: lumbermen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...became evident in the beginning of the war when demands came to Washington for cooks, lumbermen, carpenters, etc., that it would be necessary to know where the men with such qualifications could be found. For that purpose, the Committee on Classification of Personnel was employed in classifying and placing three and one-half million men according to occupation, trade, scale, schooling, intellectual ability, etc. This committee also provided tables of occupational needs and of the specifications and personnel for the various trades. In this invaluable work the executive ability and common sense of the psychologist was of more importance than...
...many of the publications issued by the Press have had a gratifyingly large sale, the total business for the first year of its existence being nearly $50,000. A few instances of books that have justified their publication by the University may be mentioned. A technical treatise for lumbermen, declined by every commercial publisher to whom it was submitted, has made a handsome profit, but more important for the University has been the fact that it has won the warm commendation of woodsmen in all parts of the country (some 2500 having secured it) and that it has contributed...
...encouraging feature is the fact that the lumbermen of Boston have displayed during the past year a keen interest in the school, and have helped financially in obtaining the services of Mr. Cary and Assistant Professor Carter. The increasing interest displayed by lumbermen in matters of conservative forest management was clearly demonstrated not long ago at a banquet arranged by the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Forest School, the Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Association, and the Lumber Trade Club in behalf of the School, Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt '80 and other noted speakers and about 250 lumbermen were present at this...