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...only does it develop a man's quickness and ability to coordinate his thoughts on the task at hand, but, above all, it teaches him the exact methods by which the big firms carry on their work in each branch of the business. It also gives him a wider grasp and knowledge of the whole field, and a broader outlook on the work in which he is not materially interested, than that of a man who immediately enters business and sticks to his own particular branch. The training is especially important for those wishing to enter the executive department...
Sunday, Mar. 16, John F. Kelman, Scot divine, will preach his farewell sermon to the congregation of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Manhattan. No evangelical church in the U. S. has a wider reputation. The question of a successor to Dr. Kelman assumes international interest. Three of the last five pastors have been British.* George B. Agnew, committeeman, stated that an American was now desired. Two were mentioned : Charles F. Wishart, of Wooster, O., present moderator of the Presbyterian Church, theologically moderate; Maitland Alexander, of Pittsburgh, dominant fundamentalist. The tradition of the church is said to be fundamentalist. Dr. Kelman...
There has always been an abyss between the life, and the thought and the ideals of the eastern and the western civilizations. It has grown wider with the passing of the centuries. The material conflict between the East and the West--the first reaching out of the tendrils of empire on the one side, and the quiet acceptance of the inevitable, in appearance, at least, on the other--has only emphasized the space that still separates the ideas of the two. The abyss has seemed unbridgeable...
...opportunity to canvass. It would thus get the contract for books of a more or less popular appeal before they could be taken up outside. This would not only be remunerative and act as a sort of patronage for less favored books, but would give the Press a wider publicity abroad...
...called the club system with its complications and its segregation. Affecting only a small section of each class and accomplishing nothing radical, it was nevertheless of a definite nature. It gave a lead to whatever other groups wished to follow and it aimed, within its own circle, at a wider relationship and a healthier atmosphere...