Harvard 1926 : : The Life and Opinions of a College Class / / Harvard 1926.

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• VerfasserIn: Harvard 1926,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (98 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Prologue: A résumé of our origins --; Why We Went to Harvard: A study in motivations and habit --; Bright College Years: Or what happened to us at Cambridge --; Debits and Credits: Some observations on the values and drawbacks of a Harvard education --; The Search for Jobs: Seventeen per cent of us are still dissatisfied --; Progress under the Profit System: The median annual income of the class is today not quite $12,000 --; Shall We Grow Old Gracefully? Six out of ten have assets for their old age --; The Political Man: Though still predominantly Republican, we consider ourselves more liberal than we used to be; but our resistance to socialistic ideas and our dislike of the Soviet regime have grown --; Our Religious Outlook: There is little habit in our churchgoing --; Our Views on Current Trends in Education: We still exalt the liberal and humanist traditions --; The Continuing Ties: I. Money contributions; social and professional relations; the outer limbo --; The Continuing Ties: II. We find much to admire, a few things to deplore, in Harvard today --; Our Position in American Society: We place ourselves in the Upper Middle Class --; Men of Distinction – with Aberrations One in five is in a Who's Who; nearly as many have written books --; The First Symptoms of Middle Age: Not yet ready for the wheelchair, we are beginning to retire from the strenuous life --; The Uses of Leisure: Veblen would, have been confused --; Pour la Patrie One man in three served with the Armed Forces --; The Marital Condition: The divorce rate is high, but so is marital contentment --; The Women We Married: The distaff view --; The Pursuit of Happiness: It still eludes 15 per cent of us --; Appendix About the survey and its validity
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674865976; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674865976
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Harvard 1926.