Word: careered
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Bishop Lawrence, one of the most notable graduates of the University, has had a long and distinguished career. After receiving the Bachelorship of Sacred Theology in 1875, he immediately entered the Episcopal Church and became rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Mass. In 1884 he gave up this position to become professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, where he remained until 1893. In that year he was consecrated bishop of Massachusetts. Ever since then, outside of his official duties, he has devoted his time to historical studies and the writing of numerous books...
...tell, of course, for the Ninth received its first public performance almost exactly 100 years ago (May 7, 1824) under peculiarly dramatic circumstances. The Master had spent years of agonized effort on its composition; it was to be the crowning achievement of his career. An orchestra and chorus had finally mastered the then "superhuman" difficulties of the score. The great concert hall in Vienna was packed to overflowing; tears came to the performers' eyes as the music started; the performance was frequently interrupted by thunders of the applause. But Beethoven himself heard nothing. He was 'deaf. It was not until...
...There are a large number of unsolved problems in business today, and these very facts make for the opportunities of tomorrow," said Mr. Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Company speaking on "Business as a Career" at the Union last night in the second of the vocational talks...
...view to a future life in business finds a standard of necessary preparation difficult to define. Mr. Swope's lecture, therefore, will undoubtedly prove of very definite service to those who are frankly puzzled by the problem of linking a general education to the specific requirements of a business career...
...second of a series of vocational talks arranged by the Committee on the Choice of Vocations will be given by Mr. Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Company, who will speak on "Business as a Career" tonight at 7.30 in the Living Room of the Union. The meeting is open to members of the University and their guests...