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...conditions of the business world today, and in his knowledge of conditions at Dartmouth, gleaned from his service in the business world, and in the realm of collegiate thought throughout the country, approximates the specialist to some extent, without cramping his abilities by a narrowing of his field of vision. He is bent on accomplishing the great and far-sighted thing. He would have men of higher education less trained for selfish and individualistic successes, than for their collective influence for good in the business community...
...professionalized, particularly those of a business character. Our schools of commerce and finance are preparing men for railroading, insurance and banking, and other lines of mercantile and business activities. Moreover, commercial and manufacturing concerns are reaching out in every direction for able college students of trained judgment and clear vision who, on learning the technique of the particular occupations, may be counted upon for leadership and direction. There is also the official public service, embracing a very large number of reasonably attractive positions, particularly in the consular, foreign trade, engineering, and technical branches. More serious attention is now being given...
...college graduate, although his general training might be good, was often not immediately serviceable in business. His mind might be active, his vision broad, and his ideals high, but frequently he did not function properly in the initial stages of his business career. He was apt to be impatient with exacting routine and wearisomely repeated detail operations, because he did not realize their significance. He often sought promotion, not merely because the pay was higher but because the work was more interesting, before in his employer's opinion he was fitted for the work of the organization he had entered...
...could well be more radical. So long as the prestige and other rewards of a manager provide sufficient incentive to draw the best men into this field, nomination to the competition is not only uncalled-for, but may exclude the efficient man who has not come into the popular vision...
...graduates. Philosophy 23 hf., Modern Theories of Knowledge, will be omitted. Philosophy 26 hf., Philosophy of Aristotle, will be given. Psychology 7b hf., Genetic Psychology--Mental evolution in the race, phylogenesis, will be given. Two new courses in the department of psychology will be 12 hf., Psycho-physiology of Vision, and 24, Research in Psychophysiological Optics, both given by Dr. Troland. Social Ethics 15 hf., Recent Theories of Social Reform, will be a new half-course given the first half-year by Professor Foerster. Mathematics 21 hf., Interpolation and Approximation, will be a new half-course given the second half...