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...attack on the American public school. The reason for his diatribe, needless to say, is the depression. The public schools, it appears, are spending now about $100 per child each year, where in 1880 they spent $5. Obviously, such an increase as this offers a loophole to one in search of reductions, if only it can be shown to be unjustified. This task Mr. Mencken assumes, asking the natural question: "Has the increase in intelligence among the products of the schools been at all comparable to the increase in the cost of education...
...little Directory of Directors in the City of New York-handy who's who of corporate management. Though it included only directors with Manhattan addresses, 40,000 are listed in the new edition, a slight decrease from last year. Observed the publishers: "In their search for economy a number of corporations have reduced the size of their boards of directors...
...regular positions. As the figures now stand, 88 per cent of the class have jobs, over 70 per cent of these men being placed by the School. Out of the remaining 12 per cent, only 8 per cent are still being aided by the School in the search for work. The remaining 4 per cent do not want any assistance, being occupied by travel and further study...
...half hour it will be on exhibition, although students will not be able to take screen tests. Tests, in connection with a search for new screen talent, are being given in Boston, and those interested may obtain information from the attendant in charge...
...point out that although the resignation of Doctor Stearns has cleared the way from an interregnum to a new regime, it has also placed Andover at a critical point in her career. It will be difficult to discover a man of equal caliber; and to fall in that search will be dangerous...