Word: branch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Five million dollars is a handsome and unusual gift for a university to receive. Five million dollars' worth of rare books is unique. The southern (Los Angeles) branch of the University of California acknowledged receipt of such a gift from William Andrews Clark Jr. The collection was made by his late father, the onetime U. S. Senator from Montana, and is housed in the son's Los Angeles residence?a Dryden collection of 882 volumes; Shakespeare in 12 folios and 42 quartos; 1,000 pieces of Oscar Wildeiana; rare editions of Byron, Shelley, Keats, Dickens, Restoration authors; a collection...
That this is to be the case at Harvard one may be certain, if one believes that the administration. In admitting this new branch of mental discipline so establish and maintain high standards that this particular curriculum has the respect of the student body. And one may certainly expect such high standards to prevail. Nor is the study of naval science so near the correspondence variety of pseudo learning as one can imagine...
...Beach at Long Branch One fine summer's day I was novel-reading to pass the time away. So in-ter-es-ted was I In the plot A gent came up beside...
...typical case can be quoted. A man with the training of a chemical engineer was employed. He became the head salesman of the industrial gas branch of one of the small companies. In a short time he was made the superintendent of the fastest interurban railway in the world. A position fraught with great responsibilities for an inexperienced young man. The firm, though, has perfect confidence in the young man, for they realize that the engineer's mind will not make any serious error. In a short space of time, the young superintendent will be thoroughly acquainted with all matters...
...greatest trust company in the world is demanding young engineers to be trained for vice presidencies. This certainly is not a branch of engineering practice...