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Professor T. N. Carver, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy in the University, has been offered the position of director of the newly created "Rural Organization Service" of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has applied for leave of absence from the University for the year...
...science, literature, and judicial culture. It is true that this activity has as yet no solid foundation, and that the masses need to be further educated. But this end is being rapidly accomplished through the medium of an efficient school system. Instruction is being steadily extended to the rural districts, and advanced professional and scientific courses are already a reality. For this branch of progress Dr. Lima finds the United States an almost ideal model...
Professor G. G. Wilson's Current Topics class for Seniors will meet in the Parlor of Phillips brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. President Butter-field of the Massachusetts Agricultural College will speak on "The College Man and the Rural Community". He is especially qualified to speak on this subject as he is member of the commission appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate rural conditions...
...upon the make-up of our population. Those who heard Ambassador Bryce's lecture in the Union two weeks ago will remember how important he considered the study of our immigration problem for those who were to take up political or government work. Later on, such questions as the rural exodus will be discussed, and men who are dealing with the larger social problems of the country, such as Mr. Oscar Strauss, and President Butterfield, will address the meetings. As a course complementary to the regular college curriculum the value of these weekly discussions can not be over estimated. They...
...every Tuesday evening throughout the fall at 7 o'clock. The subject for this year is to be "The College Man in the Community," and Professor Wilson has arranged to have arranged to have men from outside the University give informal talks on such subjects as "Immigration," "Population," and "Rural Conditions." Among these who will speak are: President Butterfield, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College who was commissioned by President Roosevelt to investigate the rural conditions of this country: Dr. Tupper, who has just returned from investigations in Russia: and Oscar Strauss...