Archive for Ralph Bradford
Freedom… What Is That?
“Freedom is a timeless torch, Blazing in the dark.”
1Mar1973 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedWhere in the World?
One’s own country may well be the best place in the world for him to live – if he will uphold and strengthen the good while correcting what displeases him.
1Aug1968 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedWhats Going On Here?
Or, visit the campuses, as Ralph Bradford has done, to know what is being dispensed there under the labels of economics and political science.
1Nov1967 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedEducation: Now and Then
Mr. Bradford is a noted speaker, writer, and business organization consultant. The scene is a college chapel or auditorium. It is graduation day. The commencement address has been delivered and perfunctorily applauded. The time has come to present diplomas to the graduates. The Dean is poised, ready to call off their names alphabetically, thus summoning [...]
1Oct1963 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedLittle Jack Horner
Mr. Bradford is a noted speaker, writer, and business organization consultant. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie; He stuck in his thumb to pull out a plum But instead of delighting his friends by reciting "What a good boy am I," He let out a yelp and yammered for help. [...]
1Aug1963 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Real Conflict
Its resolution is a personal responsibility.
1Dec1960 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedThe ABC’s of Modern Economics
Q is for Quality. People or things Possess it or not. The degree of it springs From reaching for standards. The best you can do Is strive for the quality label—for you. R is for Reason, to which we appeal To bolster our causes, with fervor and zeal, Until it says no to our [...]
1May1960 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedThe ABC’s of Modern Economics
I is for Industry, builded by means Of capital, management, men, and machines: Money and labor, mechanics and gumption— Useless and void without public consumption. J is for Juvenile, crazy and frantic. The teenager’s jargon, no less than his antic, Reflects the behavior of fathers and mothers Who want to subsist as dependents of others. [...]
1Apr1960 | Ralph Bradford | 1 comment | ContinuedThe ABC’s of Modern Economics
A is for Agri—the land, or the field, Which used to be cultured for what it would yield. But now it is farmed, so proficient we’ve got, For what it will yield? No, for what it will not! B is for Bonus, which once was awarded For extra performance, but now is accorded— To [...]
1Mar1960 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Washington Monument
Mr. Bradford is a well-known writer, speaker, and business organization consultant. From a mound On the Mall at Washington a stately obelisk points skyward—the Nation’s monument to its first President, whose birthday we celebrate this month. But it is more. That splendid shaft of old-fashioned, marble-faced masonry is a symbol—an emblem of our country itself, [...]
1Feb1960 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedA Legend of Lagash
This picture of a vanished time reveals dramatic parallels with some modern conditions. The author, who researched painstakingly, was dealing with certain known facts; but in portraying Lagash he had to use some poetic invention. Hence he found himself “dropping into measures,” and finally wrote it all in iambic pentameter, as here presented. But the political conditions described are not fanciful. These were adapted from actual ancient inscriptions, as deciphered by Dr. Samuel Noah Kramer and other Sumerologists.
1Jul1958 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedUncle John and the Termites
Mr. Bradford is a well-known writer and business organization consultant. My Uncle John was tall, thin, and muscular; and he had a notable beard that tapered to a ragged point well below his collar button. His bushy, iron-gray hair was. . . However, this is not about how he looked, but what he did [...]
1Jan1958 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | ContinuedScholarship and Excellence
Mr. Bradford is a well-known writer and business organization official. Edward Wiggam, "appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without an education. Education," he adds, "appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence." Like many clever epigrams, that one [...]
1Feb1957 | Ralph Bradford | 0 comments | Continued-
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