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Montgomery, Walter A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
Belgium's progress in rehabilitation has been the most marked of all the countries devastated by the World War. In resumption of operation of the iron and steel industries, of coal mining, of railroad rebuilding, of the sugar factories, of cotton spinning, of rebuilding residences and communal buildings, the Government, private initiative,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Mining, Industry
Foght, H. W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Until a few years ago the Southern States were considered in the main an agricultural section. More recently the advantageous location in respect to raw materials, minerals, water, and electric power of the South Atlantic States has occasioned an almost unprecedented growth in manufacturing industries. Particularly has the cotton manufacturing…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Child Labor, Labor Conditions, Finishing
Swiggett, Glen Levin – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The primary purpose of this conference held in Washington, May 1 and 2, 1922, was to promote through training better coordination of the major operations in industry and commerce. There was an attendance of 215 comprising largely business executives, engineers, and professors of business and engineering. The topics of discussion related to the…
Descriptors: Engineering, Community Development, Job Analysis, Educational History
Ellis, A. Caswell – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The most valuable result of right education is the broadening, deepening, and refining of human life. This result can no more be measured by dollars and cents than truth, self-sacrifice, and love can be made out of pork and potatoes. While the higher things of the soul are priceless rewards which true education brings, they are not its only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Educational History, Outcomes of Education
Fox, Florence C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The reorganization of the curriculum and the necessary assembling of proper materials of instruction attendant thereto are probably receiving more of the attention of educational leaders at the present moment than any other school problem. The Bureau of Education is endeavoring to be of assistance to those attempting a solution of this important…
Descriptors: Educational History, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum