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...hamper the growth of their political influence in the South by any obnoxious investigation of the negro disenfranchisement, prevalent in many states below the Mason-Dixon line. The South has always been extremely sensitive on this point and it is indeed expedient if not just to leave a problem such as this alone...
...later paragraph Professor Donham explained his suggestion more in detail. "The personal problems of adjustment in business should have constant individual attention, but they should also be covered by organized instruction and group conferences, so that the less aggressive man who needs help most shall get it. In this work there should be considered such topics as dress, deportment approach, and the use of spoken and written English. Shall the graduate go to a small town or a large town? Shall he try to build up his own business, or work for a big corporation or for a small...
Just before the war, the faculty were working on the problem of the development of student initiative and responsibility. Their student organizations, Y. M. C. A., Athletic Association and literary societies were genuine student organizations, managed by the students and not by the faculty, with faculty advisory committees. The last step had been the successful inauguration of Self--Government, which many had thought impossible...
...answer to a question about the existence of a labor problem in China, Mr. Ferguson said: "The labor problem in China was solved long before the western countries began to have such a problem. Everyone in China is organized; the various kinds of laborers have been formed into a sort of guild unions, and the employers have their associations. Whenever there is any dispute as to wages, hours, or conditions of working, instead of striking, or declaring a lockout, committees of the employers and laborers immediately concerned meet and thrash the matter out between themselves. There are no so-called...
...American chiefly that this overemphasis has been laid upon purpose. Efficiency has made its inroads not only upon business but upon literature as well--art for art's sake has been transferred into art for the solution of problems, are for propaganda's sake, and the like. America likes to think of itself as a hustling, bustling, nation of practical and efficient men who have not time to waste either in the creation or reading of navels which do not more than tell a pleasant story pleasantly. America, with all it boasted sense of humor take life more strenuously...