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...magnitude and the multiplicity of the problems which have been solved a task has been performed greater perhaps than has ever fallen to a nation in so brief a time. Financial problems too have been met by England of a character such as has never heretofore been dreamed...
...early in their college career concerning the nature of the careers open to them. In all this no criticism of the appointments office is meant. Every professor who has had occasion to use that office is well aware with what courtesy and efficiency it is now managed. But the task is too large to be discharged by any single officer. The matters which must be dealt with are so varied in their range and the number of men, organizations and institutions involved is so great that no one person can keep in touch with them...
...task before us is a co-operative one and calls for five things: (1) a careful survey of all opportunities attractive to college men and women and the keeping of that survey constantly up-to-date; (2) the organization of a few loyal alumni in each division of opportunities offered, in order that we may have immediate contact with those in the outside world who can give to our students that helpful advice and initial assistance which mean so much to young people at the outset of their careers; (3) the organization of a committee of professors representing the various...
...merely a matter of serving Columbia graduates and showing to them some of the loyalty which they are expected to manifest toward the University; it is also a matter of serving the public by placing in positions that call for responsible leadership college graduates who are competent to the task. This is not an age for rule of thumb methods and haphazard guessing about our life work. It is an age of scientific examination into facts and conditions and the deliberate, foresighted preparation of men and women for handling specific problems. The task of vocational guidance is at our door...
...first time in the history of intercollegiate aquatic sports, the National Collegiate A. A., whose swimming committee has done much to standardize college water sports throughout the country, will this year adopt a list of national collegiate aquatic records. The task of investigating the best performances was entrusted some time ago to Frank Sullivan, coach of the Princeton swimming team, and he has submitted the following marks, well vouched for, which will undoubtedly receive recognition by the authorities...