Word: branching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...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...
...providing facilities for summer tutorial reading, the authorities are simply raising this vagabond branch of the University to the standard set by the College. The Summer School will now become something more than a short cut to a degree or a life raft for low rank students...
State of War. Revolutionists affiliated with the Liberal party of Nicaragua entered last week the Bluefields branch of the National Bank, which is incorporated in the U. S., and carried...
...doubtful if Pratt, Berglund, and Bradford, Harvard's best bets in the weight events, can out score the efforts of Gibson, Gates, and Moeser, Princeton's corresponding trio. Harvard has improved in general strength in this branch, however, and does not expect to suffer the complete submergence in it which has spelled defeat in most of the big meets of the last two years...