Word: assistance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...statement in the 1927 issue of the annual report, Hamlen says, "The office is constantly endeavoring to broaden its scope and contacts, to extend its faculities to business houses throughout the country, and 40 assist those graduates who have not yet found satisfactory positions. To do this more effectively it must depend upon the continued interest of the alumni and the employers. It is hoped that the alumni, especially, will keep the Appointment Office actively in mind, the notify its Secretary whenever there are openings in their own organizations, or any others. The source of such information can be kept...
...highly, developed civilization in the light of occidental methods of research and to interpret this civilization to the West. It will thus be made possible for Yenching University to offer graduate work to its own students and to those who come from other parts of China, and thus assist in strengthening the emphasis on Chinese culture which is one of the beneficial consequences of the recent nationalistic awakening among Chinese students. The work at Harvard will consist of courses in the Chinese language and literature, as well as in various aspects of Sinology studied through the medium of English...
...Hayes, murderer, made a statement: "Women got me into a peck of trouble, and, if I must hang for the murder of a woman, I don't want any more of them around to gloat over the spectacle." There were two women who were eligible to assist at the "spectacle." They were Mrs. Dorothy Tedell, policewoman, and Miss Nina Bowers, nurse. Said the sheriff, uninfluenced by the wishes of Jim Hayes, "These women will be allowed to witness the hanging...
...Theatre," Mr. Jewett said, "is striving to put before the public the best type of drama and acting possible; hence, if a man should decide to go on the stage, or to write, and is willing to train here, he will have the guidance of experienced actors ready to assist him in any need that may arise...
...excavations of the village occupied four years, and was completed last-summer. Native Mexicans were hired to assist in the excavation of the specimens, which demanded great care in handling, since they had lain a long time in the arid soil and has become fragile...