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President: I know that. That's why I want you to act. I want this problem solved from a business as well as from an expert standpoint...
President Colby M. Chester Jr. General Foods Corp. : If some of you are interested, I suggest that you approach the problem from the standpoint of distribution...
...secondary school theories to adapt themselves to such an innovation? There is undoubtedly a large portion of the student body who will not shoulder their new burdens. Those men who are at College solely to have a good time will continue to squander away the year from an educational standpoint and will rely even more strongly on tutoring schools before the mid-year and final examinations. If this group falls by the wayside, however, it is no indication the plan has not succeeded, for it is highly probable that no system can be devised under which they will get more...
President Conant in another portion of his speech condemned the practice of working one's way through college as a "social waste." If one considers education from the purely intellectual standpoint, we agree with the President, but if one considers a certain amount of sacrifice and struggle necessary or beneficial as training for life after graduation, working one's way through college is not a "social waste." Furthermore, although financial independence is a primary requisite for the brilliant and creative scholar, nevertheless, to those who want only the general cultural value of a college education, our present system of self...
...made by the 106 members of the committee, one man and one woman representing each of the 48 states and five dependencies. Under normal conditions, national committees of both parties tend naturally to think of themselves in the spirit of a fraternity. In a way which, from a human standpoint, is rather fine, they sometimes base their preference for chairmen on old loyalties, long personal associations, long service, the spirit of promotion. In the present situation, two of those mentioned as available are men who have been members for more than twenty years...