Word: writing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...axioms of the professional magazine editor is that he cannot rely merely on the material which comes into his office through the mail. He must go deliberately to work to get able writers to write about things which he is sure will interest his readers. Whether the topic of the day--or of the morrow--is the Younger Generation or Spiritualism or the Irish Question, he must get an article on it from the man who is best equipped to deal with it. He must continually suggest subjects to his authors...
...quality of the writing is of predominant importance in the decision of the judges, and all competitors are advised to write as though they intended their manuscripts to be printed in a first rate literary magazine...
Whether the personnel of the squad on this visit will be the same as it was before is not yet known. The original squad contained one American, born in Rhode Island and brought up in Massachusetts, who could neither read nor write when he joined the Army, and eight foreigners, most of whom could not even speak English. There was a Swede, a Finn, a Frenchman; a Serbian, a Czecho Slovakian, a Mexican, a Pole, and a Russian. These men are graduates of the Army School at Camp Dix, one of six Army Schools which take the illiterate...
Several subjects for the theses have been prepared by the committee but candidates do not necessarily have to confine themselves to these and may write on any other classical subjects with the consent of the committee...
...welcome, accompanied by a Harvard Handbook, or "Freshman Bible," as it is more commonly called. This is followed by a personal call on every Freshman after he arrives. An Information Bureau is maintained two weeks before registration, where men, some of them homesick, perhaps, may meet friends, read, write, leave their bags, procure pamphlets, maps, and find a room. Nearly 2000 rooms for students were listed by the Bureau this year, a remarkable number considering the housing shortage. Brooks House is, indeed, an all-the-year Information Bureau, where students come with all sorts of questions. One man recently wanted...