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...less of academic work at Harvard. And the dean suggests that all remember that this is not a vacation--but a holiday. Of course one could suggest that remembrance of anyone is not necessarily the mental pleasure of a day that this time could be with profit, added to Christmas vacation. But few would agree. One must honor one's ancestors, and a slay without classes is such a true delight...
...many speeches before businessmen in this republic, but rarely have I been so fluent as I was in Chicago last week before 1,500 guests of the Association of Commerce. I told them that U. S. industry was never better, that the steel corporations were prospering even with a profit of less than 6%. I sprinkled my speech with anecdotes. This one made them laugh: 'I had entertained a governor of one of our largest states at my country place.* After seeing him about the grounds, I suggested: "Governor, would you like to walk up to the house...
...freshmen that an ultimate, adverse, or categorical judgment has been rendered. No harm can come of the innovation; and there may come the advantage born of a more complete acquaintance between the University office and members of in this case, the class of 1930 and; in case of profit here, a similarly more complete acquaintance with future classes...
There is a belief here that a graduate student is an insect which frequents some library or other wears dirty collars, and eats at a cafeteria Nothing so makes a man an insect as to treat him like one. These graduates of other colleges who come here to profit by the knowledge which can be obtained here are not unsocial beings. In fact they often come from places where the social side of life is overstressed. Too many of them, it must be admitted, come here from the untaught hinterlands where such a composition as the letter in this column...
That may well be within reason, for they have been able to loan money, with profit to themselves, at 2% interest. That was how they could prevent Dillon, Read & Co.* from underwriting all the $60,000,000 bonds of the newly organized German United Steel Works-the consolidation of Thyssen, Phenix, Rheinstal, Deutsch-Luxembourg steel corporations (TIME, July 5). They permitted Dillon, Read to take only one-half of the offering. They took the other half themselves...