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Whether it be a statistican, a student, or an outsider who glances through the personal records of the class of 1927, his most lasting impression, however, will inevitably be of the close approximation which his class makes to the ordinary conception of what a present day graduating class would normally be. It may be interesting, even unusual, to have one Senior going into professional stamp collecting, 15 into the army, and only two into agriculture, but the vast majority of the class are following expected tracks into business, law, and medicine, while a thoroughly normal 200 remain undecided. Although...
Mayor Matthews says the Republicans are afraid of statistics. The Republican party has not sunk so low as to imprison a statistican who told some awkward truths at an inopportune moment. Furthermore, the four Democrats who spoke at the Democratic meeting in Sanders Theatre gave no statistics what-soever. Mr. Guild then gave figures showing the increase of imports and exports of 1892 over 1890, and the decrease of the duty per capita...
...government should supplement college instruction by administrative training. There is no danger that the demand shall not equal the supply. Men need not fear that training in statistical science will prove to be a wast. A statistican should not be an advocate. He should not thrust forward his preconceived notions...
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