Word: pamphleteers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first of the William h. Bliss Prizes to be offered is one of $100 for the best examination covering Part One of the "Reading List in American History." Copies of this pamphlet, which were issued last spring by the committee, are available at the Publications Office...
Only foreign state to approve U. S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Chicago speech so highly as to have it reprinted in pamphlet form and distributed on all fighting fronts to encourage the troops last week was the Valencia Government of Leftist Spain. In Madrid, where newspapers catering to the besieged populace usually carry little foreign news, Mr. Roosevelt was hailed in whole pages of heartfelt Spanish eulogy for having brought Washington out on the side of Valencia. Cried Madrid's Informaciones: "There is not a paragraph in - President Roosevelt's speech which cannot be fully subscribed...
Contrary to the announcement in the preface to the "Harvard Reading List in American History," the examination on November 15 will cover only Part I of the pamphlet. In 1938, however, examinations will be held to cover Parts I and II of the pamphlet; and in 1939 and thereafter examinations will be offered covering Parts I, II, and III. Appropriate prizes, increasing in amount, will be offered as the number and difficulty of the examinations increase...
There is now a wealth of information on file in the Placement Office from employers all over the country, with detailed descriptions of the positions available, training school data, type of men wanted, and the like. In addition, the Placement Office has issued a most valuable pamphlet, in all probability the first of its kind, containing a discussion of the general problem of placing seniors, with a statement of the things an employer is looking for and how well a Harvard education meets his demands...
Part Two is devoted to occupational information as a basis for choice of work and seeking placement, and also lists the sources of information on the subject in the University. The third part of the pamphlet is devoted to the work of the placement office, its purposes, facilities, service to alumni, and in conclusion words of advice to registrants