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...effect, the "eager" and the "unwilling"; but the suggestion that all be treated as of the "eager" class is, or ought to be, a fundamental principle of the college. Cortainly that great freedom given the individual, here implies confidence in the good intentions, it implies intelligence to profit by the freedom, which is often enough unjustified; yet where justified the profit is so great that it is of little import what happens to those blinded by various manias...
...success of the student. And Mr. Gavit quite rightly criticises the family--that is, the hypothetical average family--because it does not set standards of culture, or because it coddles too much, or because it does not fit a boy to reap even a reasonable amount of profit from formal education. Here is the conclusion...
...college education--while others miss it altogether? The answer is four-fold. To gain the best a man should make friends, not casual acquaintances, but three or four close, lasting friends. He should learn thoroughly some one subject for its own sake wholly, apart from any material profit. Any subject will do--biology, history, drama--but let him be interested in it and take it out of college with him when he leaves. Those are the most important, but in conjunction with them should be a small library and the habit of perfect health. In short, the college graduate should...
...extremely pessimistic about the situation. The railroads do not dare to increase their rates, and would not if they could, because increased rates really mean not more profit, but less profit. The discord between capital and labor is another reason for the failure of the railroads. Capital wants more security for its money, and a higher rate of interest. Labor wants more pay for less effort. Until these two extremes are reconciled, industry will continue in its present state. Of course, I believe that conditions will return to normal eventually, but that day is very far off, unless both capital...
...Plumb went on to discuss a plan for the reorganization of industry, on the lines of profit-sharing, and equal control by capital and labor. "Remember that the railroads are only a part of a great industrial system. What must be reformed in the railroads must also be reformed in the rest of our industry. The whole system needs drastic reorganization, politically, socially, and economically...