Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...infrequently ask me about taking up social work as a calling. Nothing is plainer to men than that the demand for good workers exceeds the supply. Most of the calls are for workers in societies for organizing charity, child-saving agencies, social settlements. But there are some calls for probation officers, welfare managers, in large stores and factories, and workers in agencies which are chiefly concerned with civics or with applying the advances of medical science to relief and prevention of need. The positions are generally subordinate ones, but sometimes head workers are wanted...
...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...
Judging from the practice of the past week and of the week before the recess, the chances of the University team are good, although a close contest is expected. In basket shooting the team is unusually weak, Amberg at centre being the only reliable man. The forwards are inclined to attempt long shots and often fail on easy chances. Captain Burnham and Brooks both play a fast game, covering their men well and handling the ball with accuracy. The team work has improved steadily, but all the men are still weak in passing...
Tufts has made a good showing so far this year, having defeated the Brown team by a score of 18 to 15. The team is largely made up of new men, but they have all had considerable experience on preparatory school teams...
...Francis street. The Children's Hospital, another large institution, will build to the west of the Medical School. The infants' Hospital, in memory of Thomas Morgan Rotch '01, will be erected near the Children's Hospital. Westward of the present group is already located the "House of the Good Samaritan," used by members of the school for hospital work...