Word: works
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...brings up anew the question of the value of college-bred men in business. Mr. Straus, who is Chairman of the Committee on Employment of the Harvard Club of New York City, tells a significant story of a brilliant college graduate who was offered a position involving statistical work in a large plant. Once at work, "Dean, the graduate in question, showed a flash of real brilliancy in analyzing the operations of two departments. The unfortunate factor was that in getting his data Dean antagonized every man he met. His sense of 'superiority,' his inability to handle other...
...sufficient to make us more guarded against assuming any over-confidence. Success is by no means guaranteed by education. What has been said before still applies today, that education is nothing more nor less than an effective tool, the successful application of which depends on hard and intelligent work. Our training must be regarded as a privilege not to be abused by any false notion of inherent superiority merely because of the fact that we number a diploma among our possessions...
This competition will continue for 12 weeks until the end of March. Although work will continue through the midyears, ample time will be given in which to study for the examinations...
...eyes turn toward Washington, what do we see? Our august Senators and Representatives are preparing to take a two weeks vacation. While individually they urge increased work on the part of everyone else, collectively they vote themselves a fortnight's holiday. The words of Governor Coolidge in speaking of the Massachusetts Legislature apply equally well to Congress; service as a representative, voluntarily undertaken, cannot be looked upon as a job; it is a trust, and one not lightly to be cast aside...
...tournament, and it is hoped that everyone interested will get at least one day's practice with him before Monday. The Department of Physical Training has announced that all men for whom physical training is prescribed will be allowed to substitute wrestling for their regular physical training section work during the time of the tournament, and men who desire to do this should report to Weld 3 at once...