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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Students of Philosophy will find an exhibition in the Widener Library of extreme interest. The collection of 200 volumes, donated by Professor G. H. Palmer, consisting of early and first editions of philosophical works, was presented in the hope that it would act as a stimulus influencing other collectors to contribute to the Philosophical Library...
...education from sixteen. Most of us are circling like a host of flies about one of the world's greatest centers of learning, barely touching here and there on the surface. Here at College we can gain a background through association and, if we search can find the culture which will mean so much in after life. As we rush madly from Sever to the bulletin at Leavitt's, let us sometimes recall that the diploma which we are striving one day to win will bear the inscription, Bachellor of Arts...
...years during which I have attended college, both here and in the West, I have only once had the good fortune to find a professor who seemed able to take the time to discuss with me my college course in its entirety, above all, in its relation to the profession or vocation I may choose after graduation...
...broad a commercial education as the exporting business. For the successful exporter must be familiar not only with the mechanism of international trade, but also with the industries whose goods he exports and with the general financial situation. He who has served an apprenticeship with an exporting house will find that he has had a training which will make him an asset to any business...
...this training must be gained in the offices. A medical school can teach anatomy because the student can practice on a human body, but a business school cannot teach the mechanism of foreign exchange because it cannot actually ship goods. The college graduate entering the exporting business will find that his education will help only in so far as it has developed his ability; has taught him to think clearly and work effectively...