Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...study of economics, in contrast to the physical sciences, that like philosophy it deals with theory, more or less pedantic, which cannot be put to practical use by the student during the period consumed in its study. The research work of late years exposes the inaccuracy of such a statement. That Harvard has not taken a wholly active part in this field of experiment is due to limited facilities, not to any absence of problems which might be solved...
Many leaders in business, government, and the professions contend that whereas capital once exploited labor, today labor has gained so much power that it is beginning to exploit capital. Whether or not this statement is true, one fact is undeniable: when the differences between employer and employee are settled by arbitration, although trades unions do not necessarily obtain their demands in full, nearly always they are granted some concessions. According to the New York Herald, "A force has been unleashed which will be difficult to control. The trend is unmistakably in the direction of submission by all invested capital...
...Seniors on purchasing tickets will be required to sign a statement to the effect that all tickets bought by them will be only for their personal use and not for anyone else who is eligible to buy tickets. The committee reserves the right to refuse admission on tickets purchased by anyone who is known to have sold any tickets whatsoever...
...importance, the CRIMSON would at least take pains to verify the facts advanced by it to support its arguments. When it states that "last year Captain Murray . . . was generally blamed by the rowing authorities for the defeat of the University crew at the hands of Yale" it makes a statement that is as unjust as it is untrue. As a matter of fact no other captain in the past few years has received such whole-hearted support and confidence from the rowing authorities, and no thought was further from their minds than to lay the blame for the defeat upon...
...coaching of the crew to the older, more mature and experienced eye of the instructor. One has but to name men like Bancroft, Storrow, Lehman and Mr. Herrick in his coaching of the Henley crew to bear out this statement. Captains of crews coached by these men did not lose any of the credit, nor the opportunity to influence, mould and lead their crews. Unfortunately men of that stamp have not always been available and with the recourse to professional coaches it has often become necessary for the captain to shoulder responsibilities which improperly burden him and in some cases...