Word: earned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...upon this letter, discovered that the queenly fingers, adventuring in the orthography of a foreign tongue, had slipped once or twice in spelling. So, to drum up interest in the articles they were about to publish, to make a better profit from the poor Queen's efforts to earn a little money, they published her letter pointing out mistakes...
...this week, without soliciting any help, from the audiences before whom it has, labored for seven long years. The St. James players in that time have acted plays good and bad, have achieved mediocrity often and brilliance seldom, but have worked very hard and very faithfully to earn what little applause has been bestowed on them. Beyond the limits of the Back Bay, unsupported by its intellectual or financial air, they have bowed at last to a more commercial art. The future of the St. James Theatre will be doubtless intermingled with motion pictures and vaudeville. Boston is fast attain...
...Angell's deans, secretaries and proctors seem to have joined the new fanatics, telling us to abstain from thought and wine. Those who make a living out of the new ethics have to say such things; but the officers of a richly endowed university do not need to earn their salaries by intoning the foolish credos of the newly established State religion of the United States. They should be of the school of Socrates, who "heartily enjoyed social pleasure and deemed it unworthy of a man capable of self-control to abstain from innocent gratification through fear of falling into...
...University Employment Office should do two things," said Mr. Daly. "First, help students earn their way through college by actually helping them to make dollars to meet their college expenses; and second, help them to do that sort of work which will be of value to them in after life. In other words, the employment office should work with the other departments of the University, both of administration and of instruction, in the development of the individual...
...plan that helped Davis is too lengthy to cover in these columns, but he suggests that every student write Mr. M. H. Rhodes, 1400 Pendleton, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Rhodes has offered to outline the details of this dignified, business plan to students who are sincere about wanting to earn good money thru conscientious effort. The number of students to participate in this opportunity is limited and you should write Mr. Rhodes at once. Just ask for his "College Student's Proposal...