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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...immediate effect of the agreement, if it is ratified by the governments concerned, will make for the economic benefit of all of them by disposing of the uncertainty that has featured the question of reparations ever since the war. But students of history may well be cynical of the permanent nature of such an agreement. With the payments stretching over sixty years, there is every chance that before their completion the political relations of the European powers will be vastly different to their condition now. Modern Europe has never passed sixty years without a major conflict, and it is unlikely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW START | 6/1/1929 | See Source »

...yesterday's practice the eights were shifted considerably during a workout in the Basin and how they will be seated today is a question. There is still a possibility of a long row this afternoon prior to the break in training but it is not known whether Coach Brown intends to try some more changes in seating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CREW IN FINAL WORKOUT TODAY | 5/29/1929 | See Source »

...same problem as the other eastern universities, most of which like Yale and Dartmouth, have flourishing personnel departments. It may be argued that Harvard, because, of its location, or some tradition of individualism, has less need of vocational guidance. This point of view, however, seems a confusion of the question, in that more opportunities for placement are not sufficient to guide undecided Seniors in choosing a place. The problem, in other words, is bigger than local differences and is apparently becoming more pressing in proportion as the opportunities open to college men increase. Harvard has already recognized this need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOCATIONS GUIDE OUTLINED IN NEW COUNCIL REPORT | 5/29/1929 | See Source »

...next question is how should this guidance be given? The committee feels that informal talks to groups of students by eminent professional men; personal interviews with company representatives or alumni or business men; and books and pamphlets are all valuable sources of information. But they should all be directed and coordinated by one man, perhaps with assistants, whose office should be a clearing-house and permanent center. It seems essential that this man be impartial, with no axe to grind as in the case of a company representative. He should be well informed, at least having access through other persons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOCATIONS GUIDE OUTLINED IN NEW COUNCIL REPORT | 5/29/1929 | See Source »

Will the U. S. musician soon go where the motor is supposed to have sent the horse? That is the question which President Joseph N. Weber of the American Federation of Musicians was trying to answer at the Federation's convention in Denver this week. An unemployment crisis, now acute, started in 1926 when Warner Bros., as licensee of Western Electric Co., introduced to Manhattan audiences the Vitaphone. In 1927, Fox Film Corp. gave its first public demonstration of Movietone. Today, approximately 2,000 theatres throughout the land have been wired for sound picture showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Musicians' Plight | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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