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Railways. The topic of transportation was especially dwelt upon during the convention. Several discussions can perhaps be set down as essentially propaganda of the legitimate sort; a gentleman from Missouri, for example, urged the improvement of our inland waterways, while a motor manufacturer stressed the importance of the motor truck, and a railroad president stated the grievances and trials of the railways. Nevertheless, a deep impression was made when a policy of fair play for the railroads was successively urged by a farmer (0. E. Bradfute, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation), a labor union representative (W. N. Doak...
...often equally absurd to attempt to discuss even one of the so-called abstract sciences in terms of everyday conversation. The inability to use the peculiar vocabulary of the subject leads to a failure to speak convincingly with one who is more thoroughly acquainted with the topic at hand. Accuracy and precision in expression therefore demand, in addition to a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the subject, a knowledge and ability to employ the special terms which alone are able to give body to the former requisite. --The Pennsylvanian...
...Foreign Policy of Some of the Nations of the World" is the topic for discussion at the next meeting of the International Assembly, which will meet in the dining room of the Liberal Club on Wednesday...
...thirty second annual meeting of the Harvard Teachers' Association will be held this morning at 9.45 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. The topic for the morning session is "The Study of the Individual Child". The annual luncheon of the Association will take place at the Union at 1 o'clock, after which there will be several addresses, the speakers being introduced by Dr. Richard C. Cabot, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Social Ethics in the University...
...Study of the Individual Child" will be the topic for discussion at the thirty-second annual meeting of the Harvard Teachers' Association, to be held at 9.45 o'clock Saturday morning in Sanders Theater. The program of speeches will be as follows...