Word: manuals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hote curriculum. The hours are 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. But the children, who are their own timekeepers, work longer than union hours, doing extra work after hours and on Saturday. There are no conventional grades. There are no courses of study. There is much manual training, but also a supply of the R. R. R.'s. A child studies just what he pleases and in just as advanced degree as he is capable. Those who desire only a manual education are tempted to pilfer intellectual learning. Mental horsemanship is stimulated by horse-stealing rather than...
...Times, London, stated that automatic telephone exchanges are about to be adopted in London. The Post Office is preparing specifications for the first three exchanges, which will not, however, be completely installed for about three years. The substitution of automatic for manual exchanges throughout London is expected to take about 15 years...
Said The Times: "Each exchange will carry 9,999 lines, and the first will probably be installed in the Central London area. The conversion must necessarily be slow, because the work can only be carried out gradually and because communication through the manual exchanges must be maintained while the change is being made...
...signing his name. There is only one person who has authority to do this for the new President. She is Mrs. Vila B. Pugh, a clerk in the General Land Office. She signs "Calvin Coolidge" to official land grants, thus relieving the President of a certain amount of manual labor...
...spite of the modest size of its graduating class, it has received unusual notice from the country at large. Its curriculum is reduced to the bare bones of utility. In a two year course sociology, psychology, labor statistics, and labor problems are taught, and two hours of manual labor daily are required. The graduating class was made up of members of seven different unions and it is expected that these and the graduates in years to come will rise to leadership in their unions. Thus will the college furnish forth the ranks of labor with leaders who know the history...