Word: research
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Press was "inaugurated primarily for the publication of books of a high standard, and aims to aid in the advancement of knowledge by making possible the wide distribution of the work of the foremost scholars of the world. It aims to help in promptly disseminating the results of original research and investigation by printing a number of serial publications. It does not plan, however, to compete with the commercial publisher, since its chief function is the issuing of books that would not be commercially profitable." All books published must receive the endorsement of the syndics of the Press, a body...
...will close the first of November, 1915, at which time the judges, Professor Frankfurter, of the Law School, Professor Gottheil, of Columbia, and Judge Mack, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, will render their decision. Especial emphasis will be laid on the extent and thoroughness of research and the accuracy of detail...
...current number of the Graduates' Magazine Professor Bullock calls attention to the need of an endowment for economic research. Although the present is perhaps not a time at which to urge large expenditures for educational "luxuries," this project is one which calls for support. The fact that the European conflict has dislocated much in the old order makes the need for research and thought in economic and social fields pre-eminently important at this time. The war will undoubtedly give rise to new points of view, and will call for a reconsideration of present theories. It will also bring countries...
...Department of Economics is not now seeking the means for undertaking this work on a large scale. It is in quest of funds to establish some research assistantships; and will be content to await results from these before extending the work. The tuition fee was increased partly in order to remove that discouragement to donors which was created by the existence of the deficit, and it is to be hoped that funds will now be found to strengthen such important fields of scholarship as this...
...somewhat ponderous, but thorough discussion, under the head of "The Need of Endowment for Economic Research" points out the importance of economic investigation at this time, and asks financial assistance for the project. L. DeJ. Harvard '15 writes an interesting account of the Cosmopolitan Club, and the editor himself contributes the obituary of the late Hon. Curtis Guild...