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...first president of the College, Henry Dunster, contrived with a great deal of personal labor and sacrifice to build a President's house in 1642. In 1654 his differences with the colony leaders in matters of religion necessitated his leaving this house. Some of the presidents who succeeded him resided outside of Cambridge, so the Dunster house was afterwards either unoccupied or let out for rental. President Chauncey, the second president, lived on his own estate, and during the terms of his successors the Dunster house fell into disrepair. President Mather (1692-1701) was requested to take up permanent residence...
Partly as a result of the past national political apathy, which has come with our industrial prosperity, many students who are, or who soon will be, ready to vote, are in a deplorable state of political ignorance. Many a college man knows less about labor problems, government control of corporations, the commission form of city government, woman suffrage, or any of the other great problems now confronting the country, than does a newly landed immigrant. Some have but a hazy idea of the very forms of government under which we live. Every student should find time from his "cultural" pursuits...
SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "Labor Conditions in the Steel Industry." Mr. Charles Mills Cabot. Upper Dane, 4.30 P. M. Open to students in the Graduate School of Business Administration...
SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "Labor Conditions in the Steel Industry." Mr. Charles Mills Cabot. Upper Dane, 4.30 P. M. Open to students in the Graduate School of Business Administration...
...wage question in the United States and has found that the average wage of the working man does not exceed $6.75, while in Lawrence, the textile workers receive less than $6 a week. These conditions exist in spite of the protective tariff which manufacturers claim is primarily to protect labor. Due to the high protective tariff, we are now in a condition of over-production, which forces us to compete with other countries in the world's market, and which is also responsible for our industrial crises, another of which Mr. Berger predicts will come...