Word: bred
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Work and the Man" Mr. Fagan has written an article which does not leave an entirely clear total impress on, but which contains ideas which are suggestive, nay, startling. It is known that the Pennsylvania Railroad prefers college bred men as apprentices in the Altoona shops, but Mr. Fagan tells us that the time is fast coming when the technically trained man who starts at the bottom in such an organization as a great railroad system, need not expect promotion any faster than his less fortunate fellows. What effect will this have on the future of education? Mr. Fagan...
...serving the people should not be too much one of them; he should have high standards of truth and honor of his own which would enable him to lead the people rather than follow them. An excellent example of the influence of the college-bred man was exhibited in the Jerome fight in New York; when college men bore the brunt of the long and gruelling campaign against the Tammany thugs...
Intellectual attainments are at present employed for a selfish purpose. The college-bred man by virtue of his knowledge too often desires to triumph over his less fortunate neighbor, and instead of uplifting him prefers to profit by his ignorance. In the same manner the authority of birth attempts to assert itself. But this must inevitably give way to merit which at present will be measured in pecuniary terms, a condition not wholly desirable, but merely a stepping stone to something higher...
...SEMINARY OF EDUCATION (20a). "The Professional Training of the College-bred Teacher". Professor Hanus. Lawrence...
Captain Hurley, the first speaker, expressed his appreciation of the support given the team in the Maine game. At the beginning of the season, he said, men enter football work with the enthusiasm and energy bred of the summer vacation. But when the season progresses and the strain of daily and severe practice begins to tell on the men, real and genuine encouragement is needed. You men can give this personally to your friends on the team, and in a body from the cheering section at the games. Make the cheering inspiring and spontaneous, and the team will respond...