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...Messrs. Mallinckrodt of St. Louis have offered the sum of $500 for the year 1907-08 to a student of chemistry in the Graduate School, on condition that he enter their employ next year at a suitable salary. This prize was offered for the first time last year. A candidate for the prize must have taken Chemistry 5, 6, 9 and 10, and must take or have taken Chemistry 11. The prize will be awarded to a man who has done extensive work in advanced chemistry, and preference will be given to one who has received broad theoretical training...
...natives to their limit in gathering India rubber for his consumption, and the instances of cruelty on the part of soldiers to gain this end are barbarous beyond belief. Not only are their bodies mutilated, but they are frequently killed and eaten by the native soldiers in the employ of Leopold. The natives are not lazy, but on the contrary, most industrious when not tyrranized by native troops, and eagerly avail themselves of a chance for betterment...
...were placed in the Stadium, but this should be more than compensated by its accessibility. In the Stadium the rink would be used merely for hockey, even although games were prohibited except between certain hours; but on Holmes Field the less energetically inclined would be able to employ a few spare moments to good advantage in the enjoyment of plain or fancy skating. In any case certain hours would be reserved for scrub hockey games, and such teams will not be likely to object to the change in location of the rink...
...city, like a successful business concern, needs an executive committee which shall employ experts to find out its real needs. In the West, many cities are governed by commissions, and the checks of initiative, referendum and recall keep the commission from abusing its powers. But the efficacy of the reform turns on the question, "Can you get better men under government by commissions?" The answer seems to be "yes," for successful business men will consent to serve under this system where they will not be hampered by aldermen and common councillors...
There are certain business men who pride themselves on the entirely original remark that they do not wish to employ college graduates in their offices when it is possible to obtain young men whose education has been of a rigidly practical nature, without the frills which are acquired during four years residence in a university. From this attitude the question has arisen as to the real value of a college degree to a young man seeking purely business employment...