Word: careers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wood of bronze medals struck at the time of the Centennial. There is besides an important and interesting collection of medals in memory of famous French and American battles and naval victories. A large number of medals in gold and silver commemorate the election, inauguration and episodes in the career of some of our presidents, among whom are Washington and Lincoln. A series of reproductions of medals in honor of the kings of France is interesting. They extend from the siege of Pharamond 430 A. D. down to Napoleon II, who died in 1832. Besides those we have mentioned there...
...McKenzie. The speaker touched briefly on the principal points of the life of the deceased. He spoke of his early fondness for the study of natural history, of his yearning for books and travel, and of his love for integrity and truth. He dwelt with particular emphasis on his career during the forty-five years of his connection with the University. He said that even from the beginning of this period he was recognized as one of the rising men in the scientific world, and that later by his indefatigable labors on the flora of America, he became recognized...
...leading article of the number, "George Washington," by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, is highly entertaining and instructive, as it treats of that period in Washington's life, of which the public know least, his career as president and his later life. Extracts taken from his diary reveal the simplicity and dignity of our first president, and from a vivid description of his official life in New York. There are several plates accompanying the article, among which are copies of portraits of Washington by distinguished artists of that time...
...faculties deserves special commendation. In this age of competition few men can really afford to spend seven or eight years of the best part of their lives in unrenumerative study. The young man who goes into business is already earning his living when he who has chosen a professional career is just making his start. The age at which men graduate has showed a continual tendency to advance, and few now leave the college before they are twenty-three years old. To counteract this tendency, which, although theoretically advantageous, is practically very inconvenient. Time must be saved wherever possible, since...
...graduate of thirth years ago could not enter the freshman class of to day. His education has come to him largely through the hard knocks and trying experiences of the making of a career, and yet he feels more strongly than any one else the advantages of an all-embracing university...