Word: careers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recent times there has been a trend toward concentration in the social sciences; enrollments in government and economics courses have swelled with amazing rapidity. There is no doubt that many of the men in these courses are ready to enter the government service if only the possibility of a career in this line were more apparent...
Born in Poland in 1876, he began to learn the art of music in babyhood, and as a small boy studied with Anton Rubinstein. His career commenced when he was nine years old. Mr. Hofmann has composed music in large and small forms, and has written books on piano playing...
...precious to Congressman Church that he will talk for half-an-hour to any reporter rash enough to telephone him. He also disseminates to his constituents a leaflet called This Week in Washington, by Ralph E. Church. Last week, encouraged by success, Representative Church climaxed his public career. On Thanksgiving Eve, when the Senate had already sensibly adjourned, Sam Rayburn proposed that the House adjourn until two days later. Instantly, Illinois' Church, still insistent that the House keep its nose to the grindstone, was on his feet to ask whether it was true that there would be no action...
...piano at the age of nine, but he started to compose almost immediately. At 15 he took up the violin, with the local military bandmaster as instructor. In his mature years he confessed to an early ambition to become a great violinist. The respectable Sibelius family, however, considered a career as a musician too precarious. They suggested law, and for a time the young composer dutifully pegged away at the University of Helsingfors. But he spent all his spare time composing and studying harmony with Martin Wegelius at the Music Institute...
...professor of the History and Art of Teaching, emeritus, 259 pages, three illustrations, $2.00. This is Professor Hanus's long-awaited biography which includes besides his personal revealment, the story of the founding of the Department of Education at Harvard. The experiences of more than forty years of professional career provide him with ample material for descriptions of important school improvements in which he has participated...