Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Examination of Dr. Walcott's career indicates his tremendous vitality and his wide interest in all phases of Harvard University. It was he who officiated as acting President during the first year of this century. And as Overseer and Fellow he has been in close touch with the University government since 1887. His resignation, deserved though it is, is regrettable, for not only does it deprive Harvard of a man who has ever held its welfare as one of the great interests of his life but it also is one more milestone denoting the passing of a great group...
...Overseers does not necessitate a four year course for the attainment of one's degree. It only excludes the possibility of future mid-year graduations. And while there is no reason why February is not as fitting a time as June at which to conclude one's college career the very fact that so few choose to do so is a very good motive for entirely eliminating the opportunity; when betterment in the quality of Generals is an added incentive, the action is praiseworthy. Anything making for a further chance in which the General Examinations may demonstrate their practicality...
There is one juvenile in particular who would be eagerly sought after were he to decide on a stage career because of his poise and fine singing voice of delightful lyric quality...
...Prudent Japanese law ordinarily debars army men from a political career...
...Bunker, who, in his career as an actor, has always played in farcical roles, went on to compare amateur and professional acting. In recalling the time when he played in the first Harvard Dramatic Club presentation "The Land of Promise," in which he took the part of a starving Russian, he said: "As I look back at that time when I was still a Freshman, I realize that my natural tendency was to overact, to keep moving constantly, thus detracting from my own effectiveness as well as that of others. This overacting, as compared with the repressed playing which...