Word: careers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been used for a nobler cause. The veteran is not only likely to be losing his position, but also to forget those fine bits of knowledge on which he relied for advancement. In the second place, foreign armies include many men taken from the middle of their college career. Boys who have not even completed a preparatory school course are often old enough to fight. Although some may take up their work where they left it, yet others must consider their education finished. Such soldiers will profit most from the university. Whether they return to studies or not, their future...
...ability to write clearly and forcefully will be taken on the Board in this department. The news competition will consist chiefly in the gathering and writing up of news of interest to the University and should be of great value to those who are contemplating journalism as a career. The competition, which requires no previous training, is also of value in that it affords an excellent means of becoming thoroughly acquainted with all the activities of the University...
Hugh Duffy is a coach of long experience and exceptional ability. His active career in professional baseball dates from 1887, when he played upon the Springfield, Salem and Lowell teams. Later he was with such teams as the famous Chicago Americans, of which "Pop" Anson was captain; the Boston Nationals, the Milwaukee team of the American Association, the Philadelphia Nationals, the Providence club, Chicago "White Sox" and finally he has been connected with the Portland nine of the New England League. Since 1904 Duffy has ceased actual playing and has managed several clubs, including the Philadelphia Nationals, Chicago "White...
There is hardly a more interesting career than Bryan's in the history of American politics. When he was 31 years old he entered Congress, and since then he has been continually before the public. At 36 years of age he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for President, but was defeated by McKinley...
Little is known of John Harvard. Biographers who have attempted to portray his life have ascertained only a dozen dates of his career, and several of these indicate in a very uncertain manner the more important events of his life. The records state that he was born in 1607, that he was the son of a butcher and that four of his brothers and sisters perished in the great plague at London...