Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...started on his prison reform carrier which has brought him so much face. In that year he was made charman of the New York Commission on Prison Reform which made several investigations of the state penitentiaries in order to improve the living conditions in them. To gain an expert idea of the real state of the convicts quarters and habits. Mr. Osborne spent a week in the prison at Anburn as a convict...
...checking up on Mr. Shery's identity, but they are still holding his room for him. The Committee made it known last night that the wary Junior may reveal his identity with perfect safety, and that, in fact, he must do so if he wishes to gain a clear title to his room...
...University congratulates the Dean that he has decided to go on with his work of legal research, and not to stray into the tempting field of university administration. What he would gain through influencing the future course of one of the strongest midwestern institutions, he might lose through leaving his chosen work. Dean Pound has only just begun his work in jurisprudence; the past is a promise of his future achievement...
...makeshift line-up which will be on the floor at the opening whistle has been working together all week in an effort to gain power and teamwork. Barbee is slowly becoming accustomed to his new position, but he will have to last the entire game because Coach Drohan has no more center reserves on hand. Out of a squad of 19, only 12 have been practicing regularly this week, just enough to make up two teams for daily scrimmages...
Little is known of the strength of the St. Paul's team, but Coach Cowles stated last night that he was expecting a victory although it would probably be a hard one to gain...