Word: bachelor
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Illinois. From Chicago to Springfield Democrat Henry Horner, bachelor, took his own male cook and valet. On the probate bench for 18 years he won wide acclaim for his efficient management of estates. Governor Horner plumes himself on having one of the world's largest private Lincoln libraries...
Shortly after its adoption in the Medical School the idea of a general examination invaded departments at Cambridge. In the academic year 1911-12 it was adopted in the Divinity School for the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Theology; and in this case it seems to have worked well from the start. Meanwhile the division of History, Government and Economics had been considering the matter, and after a year of careful study formulated a plan which as sanctioned by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the winter of 1912-13. The examination was to be conducted...
...therefore, be preceded by preparation designed not only to train the student in mathematics and the sciences specifically required for technical instruction, but also to give him an adequate background of general knowledge. The preparation afforded by a program of study leading to, or equivalent to, the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in institutions of high standing meets these needs if the subjects are wisely selected...
...Faculty of the Engineering School advises undergraduate students interested in the study of engineering at Harvard to seek their preparatory training in Harvard College and to enroll subsequently in the Graduate School of Engineering for one or more years after obtaining their bachelor's degree...
Exploded Canada's rich, pious, bachelor Premier Richard Bedford Bennett when Halifax newshawks on the S. S. Georgic's gangplank asked if he were contemplating marriage: "The impertinence of the Press is amazing! Only a few days ago a newspaperman rang me up while I was at breakfast to ask me whether it was true I had been married that morning. Does it look as if I had been married, when I am sailing for England...