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...plan to solve the problem of the New England railroads is greeted with enthusiasm by the Boston newspapers. There is reason in this; from coal shortage to lack of passenger trains the conditions of transportation in this section of the United States are always critical. It is small wonder that every suggested remedy should be given full attention in spite of the fact that most of them have failed to stand the test of practice...
Unemployment, nowadays, is a national evil; but at present there is a local aspect of it which is of more concern to Ithacans and Cornellians than the national problem. The Cornell University Employment Bureau in Barnes Hall is faced with hundreds of applicants for work, with very few positions to fill. There are many students in the University who are dependent on what they can earn to pay their way through college. Their predicament is no slight one if they cannot find work...
...figures in such summaries as the Bureau has issued merely serve as indicators. They suggest the points to which attention should be given. The burden of the solution of the problem and the decision as to the exact method of meeting any difficulty thus indicated remain with the individual executive. Sometimes we find that a merchant expects that some sort of ready-made system will solve all his troubles. That is impossible. We cannot prescribe ready-made methods that will fit all the circumstances throughout the country. We cannot find any genuine substitute for the individual initiative, imagination, and foresight...
...time, however, when the wholesale grocers and other business men should consider seriously the problem of lessening the severity of fluctuations in business in the future. Unless we learn the obvious lessons of the past eighteen months, two or three years hence we may find ourselves in exactly the same predicament as today. It is not reasonable to expect that we can eliminate all the ups and downs in business. Nevertheless the fluctuations in business conditions due to the faulty working of our business methods and the lack of foresight on the part of merchants and manufacturers can be corrected...
...official status of Professor and student is a question of long standing that has provided material for much discussion. Even today, in the minds of some, all the perplexing points have not as yet been cleared up. The problem of so-called "disciplinary" marks is one of these points...