Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public has the college man all wrong. We, his teachers, know him better. I have been glad, also, to see that in all the letters disagreeing with me--agreements and disagreements are running about 50-50, which shows that I opened up a real problem and not a mere space filler--only one of the letters to date has been abusive. The rest have been beautifully courteous and reasonable...
...change but a welcome gift makes substantial progress possible. Concomitant with this classification work a start has been made upon building up an adequate cataloguing organization. Many books which have been stored for several years have been made available. Classification is of great importance, and to work out this problem in such a way that it may serve students and business men alike, a substantial number of years must elapse before the study can be completed. The aim is to carry on the work of cataloguing as rapidly as the classification work is advanced...
...like Cadillacs. Fortunately the powers that be have decreed that the appearance of two new makes comes at a time of the year when the large majority of those interested will have ample leisure to study the situation. The recent additions to the General Motors family will present a problem such as to delight the hearts of conscientious brand spotters, but where are they to fit in the scheme of things? Obviously they overlap the price classes of other members of this quality group and old heads engaged in the business of selling cars as well as spotting them will...
However one feels about this still unsettled problem, the rest of the book cannot prove of interest. The questions of natural monopolies, restrictions of trade, and the new position of America as a creditor nation are all discussed, and a whole section is devoted to review of the economic situation in the leading countries and their probable place in the postwar world of commerce. The author's long experience has enabled him to enliven the text with numerous anecdotes and illustrations that make the book not only informative but interesting reading as well...
June 10, will presumably devote itself to the problem of discovering a combination in restraint of petroleum which shall not be a combination in restraint of trade...