Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Industry needs the college man who can treat it with the impartial judgement of the scientist, who weighs all the facts which he can obtain, and then draws his conclusions. Prejudice is extremely hard to overcome, but the man who wants to go into industry must be big enough to cast prejudice aside, and weigh all the facts impartially. The man who can be truly open-minded can really accomplish something inn industry, but the one who cannot do this can contribute nothing to industrial progress...
...library of the University of Louvain, destroyed in 1914 by the Germans, is to be rebuilt by Americans, and 640 colleges and universities are taking an active interest in the work. The object of the contribution is not so much to obtain funds for the construction of the new building as to justify the symbolism involved. In order that the gift shall be truly representative of the students of American colleges and universities, a large proportion of their number must be included in the list of donors to be kept in a mammoth volume among the records...
...fish off the Pont Royal, and how by 8 o'clock of the day the paper appeared, two hundred would-be fishermen and six hundred spectators were on the spot to see the performance repeated. Similarly, he points out, is there a rush of people to the booksellers to obtain some obscure book, because the "Matin" or the "Temps" informs then that the Academic Goncourt has just "recognized...
Granted that courses have to be omitted sometimes, is there no way by which undergraduates could obtain advance information of the fact in time to plan their work accordingly? In some departments a system has been evolved which to a large extent meets this situation; in others, either there is no such system or no easily available method of knowing its intricacies...
...aspiration," Mr. Gompers last year in his speech in the Union, emphasized the privileges guaranteed labor by the various fundamental documents of our government. Another point brought out was the question of strikes--which he defined merely as "cessation of work when there is no other way to obtain a hearing or justice. In this we see Mr. Gompers at his best...