Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...less today than during Boxer times. ¶ Near Shanghai, Mr. John Powell, correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, found several U. S. marines guarding a bridge last week and was addressed by one of them as follows: "The English got scared and sent for the Americans to come and help them out. I thought we'd see something doing, but the show's all over and here we are sitting in the rain." ¶ Fifteen hundred more U.S. marines were ordered to China last week...
Last week the Prince of Wales visited a hospital at Brighton, England, stopped to chat with a blind veteran. "Your Highness might help a fellow," said the blind one, "by letting him in on the best bet in the Grand National tomorrow." His Highness smiled, hesitated, suggested Lord Stalbridge's entry, Thrown In, running at odds 100-1 against...
...appreciation of, some field of human activity, such as art or literature that will serve as a recreation from the daily work or his profession or business. Such avocations will not only enrich his life, and enlarge his point of human contact, but they also often help to develop a frame of mind which may make him more successful in his professional work...
...college courses accordingly. No fixed formula for the adjustment of courses can be given, since so much depends on the kind of training, which has already been secured in the college and during previous days. Early consultation with the teachers of the Division of Geology is recommended as help in the solution of this important problem. In general, however, it may be stated that the professional geologist needs all the knowledge of the principles of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics, which he can secure. Almost as essential is an introduction to astronomy. Quite essential is a reading of scientific German...
...average collegian nurses a desire to spend his summers abroad, going places and seeing things. Realizing this, the Canadian Government and the Canadian Pacific Railway have cooperated in inviting Oxford students to Canada in order that they may see England's American colony and also help harvest the Dominion's wheat crop...