Word: career
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Charlemagne Tower '72 will speak in the Union tonight on a phase of life which has always been regarded with particular interest. The idea of a diplomatic career appeals to almost everyone, and many college graduates take up this form of employment every year. As consuls, secretaries of legations, and private secretaries to ambassadors, they come into contact with leading foreigners and lead pleasant and interesting lives...
...critical rather than creative. We are forced to admit that there is a certain amount of truth in this statement, but we can point out several striking exceptions. Among the comparatively few really noteworthy American dramatists two Harvard men stand out with particular prominence, and another has begun a career of great promise. These men are William V. Moody '93, Percy W. MacKaye '97, and Edward B. Sheldon...
...given in the Union this month: February 16, "The Dramatist as Citizen," by Mr. Percy Mackaye '99; February 17. Reading by Mr. Copeland; February 23, "Diplomacy and Diplomatic Life," by Honorable Charlemagne Tower '72, Ambassador to Germany; February 24, Reading by Mr. Copeland; February 25, "Retail Business as a Career for College Graduates," by Mr. Robert C. Ogden...
...respect and gratitude, becoming an important figure in the community. A comfortable income is almost assured in a small town, while only brilliant men can practice successfully in a large city. A consulting practice provides a large income, but necessitates wide experience. Many men now prepare directly for this career by six or eight years of extra study. The surgeon requires many years of training, but his income is large. For specialized work less training is required than for surgery, but its remuneration is smaller...
...writer has in mind that character familiar to all of us and so deserving of sympathy. The energetic and able young man, who is careless enough to show his ability early in his career, finds himself at the end of his Junior year the secretary of this organization, the treasurer of that, a member of an executive committee of still another society, and probably implicated more or less in athletics at the same time. When he is finally chosen for a class committee in his last year, he will probably begin to realize the absurdity of the whole thing. First...