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“Old Bill” Suggests— A cheery spirit and a sense of loyalty and enthusiasm have always been the pure gold of fellowship, shortening a voyage, lightening a load, brightening a shop. Instead of being less valuable in this mechanized age, they … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— The American depression of 1930-1934 was more of a strain in some ways than the American participation in the world war. In a victorious expeditionary war one can be more or less carefree despite danger, while responsibilities … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— What a constantly flowing pattern a city is. Wonder how readers would answer some of the questions that arise out of the morning mail bag. Some would certainly do beter. Or would the answers be different? …Woman … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— The readers of an evening newspaper have a chance to watch its daily evolution. From the first edition, when the work-a-day world is just getting under way, the paper turns and twiests like a python to swallow … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— A couple of months ago a French educator came to Washington to make a serious study of American high school newspapers. She had understood we had some. When C. C. Harvey, National Education Association, told her that … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— As a youth just out of college, working in the shops of the Link-Belt Company, I found something puzzling in the blueprint of a forty-ton steam crane I was assembling and sat down to figure it out. … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— Edward A. Filene, a 75-year-old millionaire humanitarian, must be an interesting fellow to have for a boss. “I’ve bought a house, Mr. Filene,” one of the employees in his Boston merchandising organization told him one morning. “You … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— In 1837, as a boy of 16, Iver Lawson, the father of Victor F. Lawson, founder of The Daily News, came to Illinois from the Voss district in Norway. Iver’s parents and Stephen, his younger brother, came … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— To urge the value of hard work is never popular. Yet there is no blinking the fact that for practically all of mankind work is an acquired taste. Nobody starts with any particular predilection for routine tasks. … Continue reading →

“Old Bill” Suggests— When one of the early New England colonies was starving through its first winter in the new world, it was saved by friendly Indians who brought food. The settlers were “unemployed” in the midst of a rich … Continue reading →