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Dates: during 1910-1919
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April 27.--H. C. Barlow, "A Movement to Promote Expeditious Service...
Significant in the movement to prepare for possible war is the experiment which the Amateur Relay League is to make late tonight in the wireless transmission of a message from Davenport, Iowa, to all parts of the country. The message will be relayed entirely by amateur operators and copies will be delivered to the mayors of all cities which have stations and the governors of all the states, the War Department having co-operated to make this possible. The message will be relayed from Cambridge by the members of the Harvard Wireless Club to Lexington to be read...
...most striking movement of recent years in higher education has been the growth of special scientific training for business; and in this field the University's Graduate School of Business Administration is now exerting probably the most powerful influence. The first business school in the United States was the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which, however, was not restricted to graduates. Dartmouth followed in 1904 with the Tuck School, which provides a two-year graduate course. It was only eight years ago that the Harvard School was established, requiring a bachelor's degree for admission and giving...
Since then the movement has spread rapidly. The universities of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Washington, and Tulane all now maintain departments of business. It is fair to say, however, that not all of these schools teach their subjects in the large and intellectual manner which is required for the professionalizing of business, the proper task of the business school. Yale has recently added a business school which gives a graduate year to follow the three years at Sheffield, the courses being modelled directly on those of the University. And Columbia now announces a graduate business course...
Sonata in A minor, First Movement...