Word: fields
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Social work is not, as yet, generally thought of as a profession or calling. But there is a growing brotherhood of men and women who stand for thoughtful, purposeful service in that particular field, with the qualities of head which make work scientific, with the qualities of hear which make an occupation a calling...
...also inadequate. Of seventeen charitable societies in fourteen of the cities with over 250,000 population, the executive heads were recently paid as follows: seven between $3000 and $5000; five $2400 or $2500; four $1500 or $1800; and one $1200. The payment of more adequate salaries in this field can come only by the gradual education of public opinion to the conviction that good social work, a part of the community's responsibility, can be had only from able service. Such education of public opinion, if done for little pay, is in part a missionary work...
About 246 men reported yesterday for the first practice of the University and Freshman track teams. Of these, 210 reported at the Gymnasium as candidates for the track events, and 36 reported at the Cage for the field events. At the Gymnasium, after light preliminary exercises, the sprinters practiced starts and ran three laps on the 130-yard board track on Holmes Field and the middle distance men ran ten laps. The distance men in the 3.30 o'clock squad took a slow road run. The baseball cage proved to be an excellent place for the field event practice...
...will begin today. All candidates for the track and hurdle events should report at the Gymnasium today, and regularly every day hereafter, at some one of the following hours: 11 or 12 o'clock in the morning, or in the afternoon at 3.30 or 4.30 o'clock. For the field events, practice will be held in the baseball cage at the same hours. Men may report each day at whatever one of these hours they find most convenient, but as many as possible are urged by the management to come in the morning, as the afternoon hours are usually crowded...
...work in the Gymnasium will consist of general exercises with dumbbells and weights, after which the sprinters will practice starts and take short runs on the outdoor board track. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays all the distance men will take slow road runs. A series of competitions for the field event and hurdle candidates will be held, beginning about the end of next week...