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...advisee's tastes--but to help him choose wisely in accordance with his tastes and abilities. He has opened the broad vista of opportunity to the dazzled eyes of the unwitting advisee; he has indicated the easiest course which will fulfill the science distribution requirement; he has settled the problem of going out for the track team or for the baseball managership...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SUCCESS? | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

...part of the advisee. And if he has no great faith in his own advice, he may be sure that no one else has. But in any case, whether he gives good advice or bad upon his energy, his willingness to get up and grapple with the problem which has been given him depends the success of the Advisory system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SUCCESS? | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

...Rome there are two main classes of problems, problems of practical necessity and problems of moral grandeur. The first consists in lack of houses and means of communications. This will be faced and solved immediately. The problem of greatness consists largely in removing the other problems, that Rome may be worthy of her history and glory, which constantly renews itself. To dp this we must have faith and tenacity, such as the ancient Romans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civis Romanus Sum | 5/5/1924 | See Source »

...questionable hotel, then entwines him in snake-like arms. But he wrenches himself loose before the lights go out. After he flees, shaken in everything but his honor, the hotel burns down and the incandescent lady with it, perhaps from spontaneous combustion. The athlete then faces the problem of either enlightening his friend, driven frantic by his wife's inexplicable disappearance, or of leaving him ignorant, anguished but resting comfortably in his illusions about his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: May 5, 1924 | 5/5/1924 | See Source »

Heretofore the regulations governing the licensure of foreign physicians apparently have been applied more liberally than for graduates of our own medical schools. The time appears to have come when we must pay special attention to this problem. The examination should be in English; the rules in regard to official reports regarding credits and credentials should be applied to foreigners the same as to graduates of American medical schools, and, still more important, the identity of the applicant should be established and certified in as strict a manner as for graduates of American medical schools. A few states-New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Licenses | 5/5/1924 | See Source »