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From a geographical standpoint, of the calls which came in last year 60 percent were from New England, 15 percent each from the West and the states of New York and New Jersey. The remaining 10 percent came from the South and the Middle Atlantic States. In foreign countries the office sent teachers to Porto Rico, Honolulu, Brazil, and Turkey. Of all the people with whom the office has had anything to do the median salary has been figured to be $3000 for men and $1500 for women. For persons holding master's degrees the salary averages $2000 more than...
...could look behind the scenes in London I think you would find that the vital fact is not so much the technical problem of cruisers and submarines as the pressure of big industries on the governments. Since armaments still form 25 percent of our government budget the steel industry, remembering what the disarming of Germany did to the Krupp works, is still strong for a big navy...
Increased registration of fifty percent in seven years has thrown a heavy burden upon many members of the faculty, especially those who direct research. The administrative board is convinced that any restriction on admission must aim to improve the quality of the men admitted rather than attempt to fix a definite number of members of the school...
...prohibition I largely ascribe the general apathy toward law which is so much to be deplored. Personally I'm not sold on the idea that liquor in itself is evil, since it is stated that only two percent of those who consume it abuse it. I believe the law goes against the philosophy of things when it attempts to tell a man what his personal habits shall be. Let reform in that line come voluntarily on the part of the individual as a result of education...
...complained (TIME, March 3). In the 1928 campaign Alfred Emanuel Smith proposed changes in the Volstead Act to permit a higher percentage of alcohol in beverages in the discretion of the States. Thus, by his proposal, one State might permit no alcohol whatever, another State two, three, or ten percent, the maximum to be determined by Federal law. Other anti-prohibitors have clamored for 2.75% beer or for light (i. e. 9%) wines. Still other shrewd opponents of the 18th Amendment insisted on its most severe and cruel enforcement as a means of rendering it odious...