Word: production
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...business. But, such a report as this, just published by one of the most influential smaller colleges in the country, goes into a question seriously affecting college men everywhere. It points out one of the most striking tendencies in present day education--the tendency to "hurry up" the finished product, to specialize the college course, transforming the four years into a sort of undergraduate professional school, highly intensified in training. Of the men's colleges founded since 1870, seventy per cent emphasize "practical" professional training; while 133 of the 183 men's colleges in the country have professional courses...
...fact that the tutorial system, as constituted at present, is at best a hybrid product; to a certain extent hampered by the lecture system...
...mean to imply by this that competitions are intended primarily for social purposes. The work is both hard and exacting and he who undertakes it merely to enjoy himself is bound to be disappointed in the results. Opportunities for forming friendships are nonetheless offered--but they are a "by-product" rather than the chief purpose of the competitions. To the Freshman or Sophomore who comes out for the CRIMSON competitions which begin this evening we can say two things: first, he will find he has a worthwhile job on his hands; and second, he will probably discover in the process...
Those who have heard the San Cario Opera Company in any of its productions during the past week have been greatly impressed by the conscientious endeavor of the group of youthful singers, who have been playing the various roles. To a great extent, these people are young artists, striving for recognition through hard consistent effort, and their work thus far shows clearly that many of them are likely to achieve something really worth while. For the most part they have been singing pieces well-known to the musical world, such as "Carmen" "Riggelatto", "Faust", and "Aida". In these they have...
Another reason may be that the managers of the industry in question are not smart enough to keep expenses down, or to turn out a product that will sell at a remunerative price. Undoubtedly there is a chronic dearth of managing ability of a high order. When a man is found who possesses it, it is a very fortunate thing for laborers. He can keep an industry running which, without him, could not run. That means employment instead of unemployment for a number of men. One such competent manager does more for labor than ten thousand agitators...