Word: earned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...growing country of almost boundless resources. New vocations and additional opportunities for new kinds of service are constantly appearing. The pressure for existence is not nearly so great. But neither in Europe nor in the United States do young people go to college merely to be prepared better to earn a living. They are expected to be the guides of the people in the solution of the political, economic and social problems that confront them. The abounding material prosperity of our country is justifiably a cause of gladness but must there not accompany that gladness a note of sadness...
...among those who can afford it, do not go primarily to get the fine education which will not only enable them to make a place for themselves in life but also to render the service to society I mentioned a few minutes ago. Some go to be prepared to earn a better living, some for social prestige, some to make the contacts that will be of service to them in life after the college, some to have a good time, etc. May I draw your attention to the fact that the men who are trying to steer the new democratic...
...enjoys business. When she completed her school courses at Miss Chamberlain's in Boston, she went to selling motor cars for a living. She proved so excellent a saleswoman that last week the Stutz Chicago factory branch put her in their customs body department, where she will possibly earn $50,000 yearly. She also operates an antique shop; loves horses, sports...
...chance to cheer. Bendere, Yale fullback, stood on his own 5-yard line, caught an attempt at a field goal, and ran it out to the 30-yard mark. Here lie passed to Hall, a substitute quarterback, who dashed and dodged his way through the entire Harvard team to earn six points for his team. Aldrich, brother of the famous Mac Aldrich of four years ago, dropkicked the goal...
...Three believe that the justification of football lies in its development of the student in its part in the scheme of education. Victories or defeats as such have nothing to do with the efficacy of this ideal. As Yale, Harvard and Princeton live this ideal they will earn the right to be called the Big Three. Their influence on American education depends upon their determination to repel any forces that through selfishness and distorted loyalty seek to break that fellowship...