Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...thorough study of the theories governing gyroscopic reaction and phenomena, Mr. Sperry has succeeded in developing a non-magnetic compass which holds unerringly to the true north, thus removing the uncertainty of the easily affected magnetic needle; and a ship stabilizer which has already made rolling and pitching a thing of the past. He will tell of the application of these instruments and with the aid of lantern slides, moving pictures, and models, will show them in the process of construction and in actual operation...
...real thing for the student is the life and environment that surrounds him. All that he really learns he learns, in a sense, by the active operation of his own intellect and not as the passive recipient of lectures. And for this active operation what he needs most is the continued and intimate contact with his fellows. Students must live together and eat together, talk and smoke together. Experience shows that that is how their minds really grow. And they must live together in a rational and comfortable way. They must eat in a big dining room or hall, with...
...contented with the achievements of the gyroscope as a compass Mr. Sperry turned his attention to further application of the gyroscope, the most remarkable of which perhaps is the Ship Stabilizer, which will make rolling and pitching a thing of the past, and it is possible that in the near future the automatically steered ship will be an ordinary rather than an extraordinary occurrence...
Many years ago in a course in Finance given at Harvard College, Professor Dunbar remarked that there was in his opinion only one correct rule of finance and that was, and is, to do the best thing you can under the circumstances. This rule is applicable to all business relations, and while it in no way lessens the importance of a proper background of fact and theory, it correctly throws the emphasis on the necessity of deciding each current problem with reference to its own surroundings. The Business School training is therefore directed toward developing this capacity for the decision...
From a point of view other than yours, California has done a thing which will go far to prevent the United States from becoming embroiled in the dangerous foreign tangle which you fear. It has called the nation's attention to a situation which cannot be allowed to continue if we are to remain at peace with Japan. The very fact, which you cite, that the California anti-Japanese legislation violates our present treaty with Japan and conflicts with the Fourteenth Amendment is evidence that the problem, is a vital one and must be solved by the Federal Government. California...