Word: labrador
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must make formal application and be interviewed by the Staff Selection Committee before they are accepted. Those who are so fortunate have but a few days after school or college closes to make ready for the trip. By the last of June they sail for Down North--Newfoundland and Labrador...
...Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.A., '09, famous for his work among the natives of Labrador, will speak in the Living Room of the Union Thursday evening, January 6, at 8 o'clock. Dr. Grenfell will tell of this experiences in the north, of his work with the people and of institutions in Labrador with which he is connected. The lecture will be open to all members of the Union...
...Grnefell began active practice as a medical missionary in England in 1887 and not many years afterwards became intensely interested in the problems and needs of Labrador which his early work there presented to him. From small beginnings, through constant and untiring work--in which he has been aided from time to time by a number of graduates and undergraduates of the University, particularly of the Magical School, and of other universities of this country and England--Dr. Grenfell has established hospitals, schools and other agencies of untold benefit to this great section of the north...
...King Edward VII. Besides his M.A. degree, conferred on him by the University, he holds degrees of honorary M.D. from the universities of Oxford and Toronto, and of LLD, from Williams. He is the author of many books, among which are: "Vikings of Today," "Down North on the Labrador," "The Adventure of Life," and "Tales of Labrador"; and a number of special magazine and newspaper articles...
Tonight at 8.15 o'clock at Symphony Hall, Dr. William T. Grenfell will speak, some remarkable moving pictures of life in Labrador and Newfoundland will be shown and the University Glee Club will sing. This meeting will be held for the express purpose of helping to endow the chain of hospitals serving deep-sea fishermen...