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...been said of the study of economics, in contrast to the physical sciences, that like philosophy it deals with theory, more or less pedantic, which cannot be put to practical use by the student during the period consumed in its study. The research work of late years exposes the inaccuracy of such a statement. That Harvard has not taken a wholly active part in this field of experiment is due to limited facilities, not to any absence of problems which might be solved...
...evil is especially prominent in the Division of History, Government, and Economics; for the theses are more considerable in that division and require more research. While it is undoubtedly true that men can very easily arrange excellent programs which do not overburden them with thesis work in any one year, the lateness in some cases of the fixing of plans for a particular concentration sometimes brings about unfortunate combinations. A man who happens to be taking Economics 2 and 4, together with some history courses requiring thesis work, is inordinately burdened. Yet his late plans for concentration, and his intellectual...
Funds Needed for Research Work...
...have said nothing about one important function of the Department, that of scientific research. Obviously, its first duty has been to provide the large amount of graduate and undergraduate instruction which the conditions have seemed to demand. This has not prevented the staff from carrying on more or less work of research, and the development of graduate instruction has tended to increase materially the number of investigations that are being carried on under the direction of the Department. But it is becoming more and more evident that this work requires larger pecuniary resources than have ever been available...
...Department of University Extension, the State Board of Education, and the Old South Association, will be held at the Old South Meeting House, corner of Washington and Milk streets, Boston, this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The speakers will be Dr. Albert Shiels, Director of Reference and Research, Department of Education of New York City, who will talk on "Functions of Managers, Leaders, and Volunteers," and Mr. Samuel M. Schmidt, of the West End School Center, Boston. A discussion will follow the meeting. The conference is open free of charge to anyone interested in settlement work...