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...asked if there was one fault common to most graduates in business, he replied emphatically "Yes, impatience. Being conscious of their head-start over the untrained men, they want to be put immediately in the particular branch which they like best, at a time when they are really only raw material. Also they are a little less willing to receive suggestions or advice from their superiors; but experience soon makes them adaptable...
...complaint that things can't be run on air is thoroughly exploded. Chemists have for years been making some most important compounds out of the raw material of air. "Free" oxygen and nitrogen in the air, for instance, can be "fixed" by a gigantic electric arc into nitric oxide, from which nitric acid and nitrates (valuable fertilizers) are made...
...distant past it was possible for the raw American youth with a half-formed fancy for law to enroll as clerk in the firm of the revered local "Judge," and at the feet of the mighty, glimpse the realm of torts and crimes. But when colleges rose in the backwoods and daily assignments replaced daily chores this personal contact between novice and initiate was largely lost. It is only occasionally, therefore, that the student who dreams vaguely of a legal career has an opportunity of meeting a master of the profession. And such an opportunity is extended tonight when...
...Almost two-thirds of these exports were the manufactured products of American industry. More than half of the imports were raw materials required in the manufacture of goods for home and foreign consumption. The Department of Commerce report for January shows imports valued at $299,000,000 against exports amounting...
...Harvard--and Yale too--is under the handicap of not having the sturdy raw material from the farms. But that obstacle can be surmounted--hence the running outdoors at present. Hardship and sacrifice bring out a man's ingenuity, and power. In aiming for a victory over Yale we have a job cut out for us that will take everything we can put into...