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...years he has been engaged in medical and philanthropic work in Labrador and has bettered the educational and economic situation there by establishing schools and co-operative stores. He cruises the coast of Labrador in summer in his hospital ship and in winter covers the distance from settlement to settlement by dog-teams, caring for the sick and needy fishermen who comprise most of the population of this region. On one of these trips he made the first authentic chart of the Labrador coast. This winter he is going to introduce into the country a herd of reindeer from Lapland...
...glowing tribute to the splendid work being done by the Ministry of Labor in Canada, under the direction of Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, a former member of the club, and a former student in the Economics Department of Harvard. The recent legislation of the Canadian Parliament for the settlement of individual disputes was designated by the speaker as "the best in the world." Its superlorities in contrast with the laws for similar purposes in the other British colonies and the United States were discussed at some length. Continuing, President Eliot pointed out the difference between Canada and the United...
...week its quarter centennial. The following subjects will be discussed before the association by prominent educators, among others President Eliot and Professor Clemen: "President Tendencies in the Professional Education of Women," "Woman's College and University Education," "The Development of Children," "Endowed Professorships for Women," "Federated Clubs," and "Social Settlement Work...
...Thayer '04 has been elected graduate secretary of the Phillips Brooks House Association for next year. Thayer spent one year at the Law School after his graduation, and at the same time had charge of educational and philanthropic work at the Riverside Alliance, a settlement and neighborhood house in Cambridge port. For the last two years he has been graduate secretary of the Cornell University Christian Association...
SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "Some Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Settlement." Mr. H. L. Gray. University...