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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...field of Sociology and Social Ethics is not allied to any single department, but is administered by members of various departments. It was created to provide an opportunity "for the combination of a descriptive study of the nature of human society with an examination, by the method of criticism and evaluation, of different sociological theories and of prepared solutions of selected contemporary social problems...
...could hope that an hour's meeting might give any specific or personal advice on an affair of such breadth. Plenty of sources are ready for the Freshman seeking counsel: the pamphlet which has been given him, his Freshman Advisor, the heads of the various departments all supply advice and information. If this morning he learns what concentration means, the purpose of the meeting is accomplished. In the last analysis it remains up to each student to gather together the facts of the subject and weigh them for himself. More than fostering a realization of this the meeting is unlikely...
Perhaps the most interesting of the awards is that given Professor La Piana to complete his work on the History of the Catholic Church in the United States. Various considerations, notably the inherent American distrust of emphasis on organized religion as a social force have hitherto prevented this field from receiving proper treatment. Only recently with the increasing interest in history as the story of men rather than of their generals has the importance of an institution, which has never had political aspirations on this continent been recognized. Such aid as is now given to the study of this virtually...
...Davis called for "a frank declaration by the U.S. of its willingness to accept the implications and responsibilities'' embodied in its various anti-war treaties...
...cause of these various opinions was a controversy resulting from the recent (TIME, March 18) Harvard Awards−advertising prizes. This year's jury awarded to Marcus & Co., "with recognition to Charles A. Hammarstrom," the sum of $1,000 "for the advertisement most effective in its use of pictorial illustration as the chief means of delivering its message." But no mention was made of the fact that Mr. Hammarstrom is an advertising manager and that the picture was actually the work of famed Rockwell Kent.* In naming Mr. Hammarstrom, the Harvard School of Business Administration had followed its usual...