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This plan is described by Dean Sperry as "a double system of scholarships and self-help which throws the burden of initiative and responsibility on the student". In a faculty letter sent to graduates of the Divinity School and the Andover Theological Seminary, which affiliated last spring to form the new Theological School, he states that hitherto it has been the custom of the Divinity School and of Andover Seminary to award scholarships of from $250 to $400 to any student who has an average grade of at least B. The bulk of the students in both schools have been...
...suggest, as a remedy, the organization of a Student Furniture Company under the direction of the Bureau of Self-Help. The men behind the venture could make a reasonable profit and at the same time offer fair dealing to their customers. There is the difficulty of financing such a proposition, but even in the event of being unable to borrow money for payment at the time of purchase, the backers would find many men who would prefer a reasonable price in the fall to selling their possessions for a song three months earlier. --The Daily Princetonian
...Teach Self-Help in Europe...
...first responsibility lies in the local communities of Europe," Mr. Hoover said, "and the towns of Europe have provided every service in their power, but they are exhausted. America has sided in supplying their deficiencies by organization and commodities. We have aimed to teach self-help in Eastern Europe, and in many cases we have been able to withdraw when the community has once been set on its feet...
...between private egoism and devotion to the human common-wealth. Suppose the latter is chosen. Then right is action towards this goal. And retaliation is right when and when only it carries man forward. Whenever self-assertion against a molestor only makes matters worse for the community, the injured individual ought to submit and swallow his humiliation cheerfully. Gradually it was realized that self-help tended rather to aggravate disorder and injustice, rather than to prevent it, and now we sanction self-help in only those few situations where it is more constructive than destructive...