Word: career
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...executive ability, with a good supply of honest ambition, often excludes from consideration such profes- sions as the ministry or education, on the ground that his qualities would be thrown away in these professions, or because he thinks the minister or the teacher is presumably a man whose career is never voluntarily chosen but is marked out for him by the possession of certain so-called gifts, which no able-bodied, vigorous and ambitious man would envy...
Herr von Heymel gave up an active career as a lieutenant in the German army to devote himself to literary pursuits. He is already recognized as a leading critic and essayist on art and literature, and has written a number of poems, the most notable of which is a dramatic poem, "The Death of Narcissus...
...would it really be worth while as a school of journalism? Those who could afford to attend would find the experience extremely useful, but there are a great many men who would not be willing to spend the first valuable years after graduation from college in preparation for a career which is not generally considered as requiring such technical study...
This evening in the Union there will be a description of "Retail Trade as a Career for College Graduates" by Mr. Robert C. Ogden, for many years a partner in one of the greatest retail firms of the country and the manager of one of its large branches. Men who have not chosen their occupations and who feel no inclination toward the so called learned professions, should find his lecture distinctly useful...
...Robert C. Ogden of New York will speak on "Retail Trade as a Career for College Graduates" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only. This is the second of a series of lectures on professions to be given during the winter...