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...scholars. England's Indian, consular and colonial services have secured four, the American diplomatic and consular service two. Nineteen have undertaken religious work; eleven, medicine; nine, scientific work; eight, business; five, journalism; five, mining and engineering; three, agriculture; two, forestry. Of the German students, thirteen have entered the civil and three the diplomatic service of that country...
...people are thrown out of employment because of "over-production,"--because too much has been produced! What a paradox! Poverty caused by overabundance! And can a system of industry continue which inevitably divides society into two hostile classes whose struggle often breaks out into a state bordering on civil...
...Text," Professor W. A. Neilson; English S16,--"Introduction to the Study of English Poetry," Professor R. M. Alden, of the University of Illinois; French S3,--"General View of the History of French Literature," Mr. L. J. A. Mercier; History S1, -- "English Governmental and Parliamentary Attitude on the American Civil War," Professor E. D. Adams, of Leland Stanford University; Mathematics SM,--"Logarithms and Trigonometry," Mr. H. D. Gaylord; Psychology S3,--"Psychology and Practical Training of the Mentally and Morally Abnormal, with Special Reference to Children," Dr. William Healy, Director of the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute, Chicago...
Every American citizen must understand the Civil War. Unless he does, the country as it is today, is unintelligible to him, and the men, the battles, and the issues of fifty years ago mean nothing more than names to him. At Harvard there is no one course that presents an intelligent, comprehensive and non-partisan view of the conflict, that induces a point of view which the Northerner and Southerner can hold together, that can inspire patriotism and at the same time not awaken partisan feeling. Without such a course an ignorance flourishes which not only shuts men from...
...worthless, for such a course would not be a mere history of campaigns, and even if it were the military interest would not be uppermost. As matters stand, there will be a distinct gap in the view that Harvard gives us of our past, until a course on the Civil War and Reconstruction is offered...