Word: employed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...views from photographs taken by Professor Cary in his studies in German and American forests. In 1896 he studied the methods of raising, reproducing and handling the timber lands in the German forests, for about four months, and later was engaged in the same work in Maine in the employ of lumber firms...
...living by the instruction of athletics--not the college graduate of reputation who perhaps for a season or two coaches a team before entering business. The ordinary professional--there are exceptions to be sure--has the spirit of winning at any cost, and he is often willing to employ all the "tricks of the trade" or to deceive the umpire by some little ruse. Now such tactics ought never to be introduced into college athletics. They must above all be kept clean in order to accomplish their purpose of teaching healthful manliness. A glance at the newspapers during the league...
...long as so many--I might say rew--as twelve States withhold their endorsement. Should not this pregnant fact alone be sufficient to banish the fears of the timid, resolve the doubts of those who are undecided, and stimulate the courage and arouse the energy of those who would employ the living, instead of invoking ever and only the guidance of the dead...
...next speaker of the evening was Professor Ostwald. He briefly explained the great development of teaching, which has recently occurred. Professors, instead of the old system of oral lectures, occasionally use the co-operation of their best students in advanced subjects. Modern universities employ individual laboratories and individual teaching. In conclusion Professor Ostwald said that a freshman in college is entering one of the happiest periods of his life, since for the first time he can exercise power with perfect freedom...
Locke was born in Cambridge November 16, 1880, and prepared for College at the Cambridge High School. He received the degree of S.B., cum laude, in the electrical scientific course. On graduating, he entered the employ of Stone & Webster, electrical engineers, and after a year spent in Boston he went in their interest to Dallas, Texas. For the past year he has been connected with the Long-Island Railroad...