Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many a degree holder looks upon his sheepskin as symbol of his success in mastering all the ideas of his profession. "According to the Gibbsian philosophy, 'he gets to thinking he is so goddam bright that it just paralyzes him.'" Franklin, Edison, the Wright Bros, held no degrees [except honorary] in their professions, "curiously enough...
...When the shipyards sprang up, everybody expected Harry Bridges' C.I.O. longshoremen's union to move in. But the A.F. of L.'s boilermakers got there first. Boilermakers are no longer boilermakers; the union includes welders, shipfitters, hook tenders, caulkers, riggers, shrinkers, flangers, "holder-ons." Some 70% of all shipyard workers in the West wear the union's button. But because payrolls change daily (men leave for the armed services, for better jobs), no one, not even union leaders, knows exactly how many members IBBMISBWHA has. Estimates are around 165,000 (Portland's local, largest, claims...
...teach men in the armed forces that "freedom, to be retained, must be restrained" is one of the prime jobs of an Army minister, according to Chaplain (Maj.) William E. Patrick, holder of the Distinguished Service Cross, and former National Chaplain for the American Legion, and the Army and Navy Legion of Valor...
...Coach Jaakko Mikkola's cross country runners will start their formal season next Monday with a meeting at 4:45 o'clock in Dillon. Although the squad practiced regularly during the second session of Summer School, this meeting, at which Jim Reid, 1928 cross country captain and Harvard record holder the for the two-mile, will speak, will serve to organize the team and explain fall plans to new Freshmen and those who have not been in Summer School...
...Everts, 'University tennis champion, had a busy time this weekend in the Essex County Tennis Tournament at the North Andover Country Club; reaching the final he was defeated 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, by Dave Freeman, 1m, National Badminton champion and holder of many tennis titles...