Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions, Volume 3order of the Convention, 1915 - Business education Vol. 1 includes proceedings of the organizing convention, New York, Jan. 24, 1913. |
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Page 356 - The originative part of America, the part of America that makes new enterprises, the part into which the ambitious and gifted workingman makes his way up, the class that saves, that plans, that organizes, that presently spreads its enterprises until they have a national scope and character, — that middle class is being more and more squeezed out by the processes which we have been taught to call processes of prosperity.
Page 356 - The treasury of America lies in those ambitions, those energies, that cannot be restricted to a special favored class. It depends upon the inventions of unknown men, upon the originations of unknown men, upon the ambitions of unknown men. Every country is renewed out of the ranks of the unknown, not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control.
Page 433 - The moral character of the prisoners should be cared for, and there is only one way to do it, and that is by one man.
Page 37 - OFFICERS 1. The President of the Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee, and in consultation with the Program Committee, shall prepare the programs for the annual meetings.
Page 356 - No country can afford to have its prosperity originated by a small controlling class. The treasury of America does not lie in the brains of the small body of men now in control of the great enterprises that have been concentrated under the direction of a very small number of persons. The treasury of America lies in those ambitions, those energies, that cannot be restricted to a special favored class. It depends upon the inventions of unknown...
Page 833 - Take away all our factories, our trade, our avenues of transportation, our money, but leave me the organization and in four years I will re-establish myself.
Page 518 - To express simple futurity, use shall in the first person and will in the second and third persons...
Page 601 - I second the motion. The CHAIRMAN. It has been moved and seconded that the bill be reported favorably. All those in favor of reporting it may signify by saying "aye.
Page 36 - D members with which they are connected. They shall have all the privileges of Class D members, except the right to attend and to vote at the executive...
Page 790 - The workman who adheres to the rule, "A place for everything and everything in its place" is, of necessity a careful workman and one who will perform dangerous work in a safe and careful manner. Neat and clean surroundings have an undoubted influence for care on the part of. the individual. If, on the other hand, he is required to work amid scenes of disorder, if the mill floor and yards are littered with refuse and loose material, he will become careless and slovenly in...