Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Business is sometimes spoken of as an especially lucrative calling, but its money-making aspect is usually over-emphasized. While business, especially during the past generation of rapid exploitation of the country's resources, has offered some enormous money prizes, the average business man's income is moderate. And though good fortune plays its part and seems occasionally to pour wealth into the lap of its favorites, the average business man gains his modest "competence" by a combination of knowledge, persistence, good judgment in estimating values, and courage in making or seizing opportunity. Everyday business is not an adventurous speculation...
This week is largely devoted to range firing at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. Both slow and rapid fire at 200 and 300 yard ranges are used. The time that the companies are not on the range is devoted to close and extended order drill. The optional work in the afternoons is continued during this week...
...outstanding facts about the Department of Economics are that it is of comparatively recent origin, and that its growth has been extremely rapid. The first chair of Political Economy was not established until 1871, and prior to that time the only instruction offered in the subject was one short course given by the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. The growth of the Department during the last half century can best be shown by the following statistics: Year. No. of Teachers. No. of Courses. Hours of Instruction per Week. Students...
...rapid growth of the Department indicated by these figures is due, of course, to the great interest in economic problems during the last thirty or forty years. The familiar statistics showing the number of students now concentrating in the Department of Economics also reflect the spirit of the age. Whether we would have it so or not, the Department is under the necessity of doing a very large part of the teaching both in Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...Jimmie" Walsh, an ex-champion of the world in the bantam-weight class, has been selected by Dr. Sargent to give boxing lessons in the Gymnasium next year. Walsh retired from the ring two years ago, and entered business in Boston. He has been greatly interested in the rapid development of boxing in the University during the past season, attending the preliminaries and the final bouts in the Union. The two regular coaches, "Steve" O'Donnell and "Jimmie" Foley, will both be retained...