Word: job
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...work has been very interesting, studying the operation and construction of light railways and trench tramways and getting up reports on them. The job offers plenty of opportunity to hear the shells fly, but little chance to kill the Hun. It isn't very pleasant at times to have him just about hitting you without getting a chance to hit back...
Eleven men went to Sandwich and lived there during their whole period of work. Half of them began wood-chopping on December 24 and the rest took up the job on the day after Christmas. This section paid for its own food and transportation, and were paid at the rate of $2.50 for each cord of wood. The lumber was all oak and will be burned into charcoal. Between 40 and 50 cords were secured in all, the students taking in an average of about six a day. The eleven men who stayed at Sandwich were: P. C. Francis...
...suppose that we must read it--after the poem at the start. The second entry is something that someone wrote, but was either too tired or too wise to sign, called "On the Job." It concerns "Camp Devens" and a game of "bridge whist" and "barracks"--with all such intimate local color...
Detailed information about the work may be obtained at University 9, where men should also put in their applications for the job...
...included a more adequate recognition of the debt of the University and its friends to Captain Shannon; for the success the Corps achieved last summer was due in very large measure to his untiring efforts as Commandant. It would have been difficult to find a better man for the job. His solid ability and conscientious service won the respect of the cadets, and his consideration and constant good nature won their affection. By tact and good judgment he was able to be exacting and at the same time beloved. More important, perhaps, he presented to young...