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...used to start a school of journalism at Columbia along entirely new lines. These departments are not liable to the single criticism which is sometimes thrown at our business school: that it teaches a man to head a business, but does not help him much in the inkwell-cleaning job to which he usually falls heir when he graduates; for the courses in journalism not only teach a man to become an excellent editor-in-chief, but make him familiar with all the different stages of getting out a paper...
...subject of Mr. Lauderburn's talk was "Social Service." After speaking of the intimate connection which has long existed between St. Stephen's Church and Harvard, he explained the reason for the college man's influence in social work. The college man wants a hard job; the tougher the problem that presents itself the more likelihood there is of getting an undergraduate to help. St. Stephen's attempts to do a large work in one of the hardest districts of Boston. If it is successful at all it is because the work is difficult and because it draws forth...
...raising his bandaged hand to heaven, "Those News-gatherers were infinitely superior. They reminded me for all the world of the Orioles when Anson was in his prime. Oh those days--" Whereupon he relaxed into unconsciousness. Needless to say he was not bothered again, and the man got his job...
...practically all managership competitions--those for University football and baseball alone excepted--the main work is the collection of money. At the start of the competition the understanding is that the man who collects the most money will get the job, provided he is personally acceptable. This underlying condition has led to many sharp decisions and much ill-feeling--we cite no instances, but the air is full of them. This must necessarily continue, so long as the present system is adhered to. What is the use of having a competition, if the best competitor does...
...present. We should not be surprised if the writer had called attention to a good share of the trouble in advocating a more business-like effort to please the men who are boarding there, and thereby increase the membership of the Hall, rather than in finding the "easiest wholesale job for the management...