Word: clerking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college students would work harder "because of the war," dentists would be gentler and plumbers have a heart. But we all know that it is not often so. The storekeeper is uncertain with his deliveries "because of the war"; the factory charges higher prices for shoddy materials, the clerk is late to the office, the telephone or janitor service is poor "because of the war." It is such an excuse for slackness as slackness has not had in nearly two generations. Because a great burden is laid upon the nation, millions of people feel they can roll various private burdens...
...draft proclamation of May 18, all members of the University between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, who live in Cambridge must register on June 5 at places to be designated later. Those who live outside of Cambridge should apply as soon as possible to the city clerk at the City Hall in Central Square for instructions as to how they may be registered by agent or by mail. President Wilson's statement in regard to this point was as follows...
...case such persons as through sickness or absence may be unable to present themselves personally for registration shall be sojourning in cities of over 30,000 population, they shall apply to the city clerk of the city wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the country. The clerks of counties and of cities of over 30,000 population in which numerous applications from the sick and non-residents are expected are authorized to establish such sub-agencies and to employ and deputize such clerical forces as may be necessary to accommodate these applications...
...hope that this editorial is only the first of a series waging a campaign for the new education in schools and colleges. We eagerly look forward for instance to a damnation of higher mathematics. It is such a useless study. What chance will a Wall Street clerk ever have of applying his calculus to his life-work? And then, too, you know it is so dreadfully difficult. Men sometimes spend thirty consecutive minutes pondering over a lot of mysterious signs and symbols--really, it is pitiful...
Alice Dovey is particularly effective as the saccharine bride of a "big, strong man," and Anna Orr is full of that particular "pep" which is bound to get across. Oscar Shaw, as the dashing Dick Rivers is highly amusing and the hotel clerk of Denman Maley is a character which should go down in musical comedy history...