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...Willing & Able." The railroads, which use 110 million tons of coal a year (about one-fifth of the nation's annual production), had been clamoring for higher rates in order to meet employees' demands for a 20?-an-hour wage boost even before the new coal prices hit them. Now they would be clamoring louder than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Mr. Lewis Is Never Happy | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

Smith's bequest provides funds for yearly scholarship awards for use at any schools in the University, providing that the recipient received his secondary public school training in the Rhode Island metropolis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 8 Rhode Island High School Graduates to Take Smith Awards | 7/11/1947 | See Source »

When the tests are evaluated, the counsellor is able either to prescribe other tests or to advise the applicant where his abilities can best be put to use. Men may come back many times for further aid and advice until their individual problems are settled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 10,000th Man Is Processed in Vets Guidance Unit Set Up by Harvard | 7/8/1947 | See Source »

...center has a library which contains information on educational and vocational opportunities as well as books for staff use. Also on file is a list of current job openings supplied by the Veterans Administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 10,000th Man Is Processed in Vets Guidance Unit Set Up by Harvard | 7/8/1947 | See Source »

...when he tried to enroll an African friend in the University of Chicago Medical School, Ojike ran into a form of democratic double-talk which plagues Negroes in supposedly tolerant Northern communities. The dean told him that although Negroes were accepted in the school, they were not permitted use of the hospital for their clinical work, hence if they wanted a degree they had to do clinical work on their own in a Negro hospital. Asks Author Ojike: "Why should a . . . college train a white doctor to come to cure Nigerians and at the same time refuse to train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pride & Prejudice | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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