Word: attained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week two new colleges undertook to specialize in fitting women for strenuous modern life. Rich men's daughters assembled at Webber College, Babson Park, Florida. There they will spend the winter, learn to administer estates, specialize in the care of securities, real estate, hope to attain the degree of "B.B."-bachelor of business. Business men who sent their daughters included: Dr. Frederick Ludwig Hoffman, Statistician, Prudential Insurance Co. of America; W. E. Betteridge, President of Lakeside Biscuit Co., Toledo; Thomas J. O'Connor, President of Purity Baking Co., Chicago; Benjamin Ernstein, President of Barnard Phillips & Co., Bankers...
...School of Education has taken rather a bold step in raising the requirements for its degrees. It has made the doctorate more difficult to attain, and more a measure of capacity for important research. It has made a still greater change by requiring for the master's degree two years of work instead of one. This it is hoped will in time appeal to young men and women who have just graduated from college and intend to make teaching or school administration their career. The changes were expected to cause a considerable reduction of the number of students...
...Many gifted musicians have failed to attain more than mediocre success because they were unwilling to sacrifice time and energy to the development of their talents. Work is essential," she said. "Those imbued with musical talent too often do not realize that their inherent abilities will not be of any use or pleasure to the world unless, with work and sacrifice, they do all in their power to develop them...
...tranquil beneath the attacks of authors. But criticize the Jews, ancient or modern, and editors will write about stupid race prejudice; and the literati will devise new synonyms for moron, Nordie, and bigot. Race pride is a powerful and admirable force, but it would seem that the Jews could attain the desired friendly unity with the Gentile much sooner if the chord were not struck so loudly and often...
...degrees a half a year before or a half year later than their fellows. Celebrated by no flourish of a sheriff's stick or the beating hoofs of the Governor's guard, still this bestowal of diplomas means much to the ideal who are willing to date obscurity to attain it: it is only just to grace their departure with a single token of remembrance. Akin as they are to the useless unfortunates who are designated with a cabalistic ocC., the time of their passing is significant of frustration overtrumped, of delay ignored, of a quiet determination to outpace their...