Word: news
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...placed in Richmond, Virginia, in 1865; and the action of the play hangs on the arrival of the news of Lee's surrender, influencing a wounded Confederate soldier and his sweetheart. It is a delicate romance of the South and is a strong presentation of the Confederate loyalty to the cause, and the misery and suffering which followed Lee's surrender...
...member of the Public Service Commission of New York, will act as toastmaster and the following will be the speakers of the evening: Mr. C. P. Steinmetz h.'02, consulting engineer of the General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y.; Mr. C. W. Baker '84, editor of the Engineering News; Mr. J. R. Freeman, consulting engineer; H. Nawn '10, president of the Harvard Engineering Society; and G. W. Lewis '10, editor of the Harvard Engineering Journal...
...profession and its advances as it is in no other profession. The physician, unlike the clergyman or lawyer, who must succeed in the face of prejudice, is greatly assisted by public interest and sympathy. The christian scientist, says Doctor Cabot, is the only opponent of the medical profession. Medical news is the best news, for the public wishes to know of every new discovery...
...association and member of the Public Service Commission of New York, will act as toastmaster. Mr. C. P. Steinmetx h.'02, of the General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y., Mr. J. R. Freeman, of Providence, R. I., and Mr. C. W. Baker '84, editor of the Engineering News, will speak...
Perhaps most interesting of all, however, were the elements necessary for any man who proposes entering the newspaper business: first, he must have that indescribable sense of what is real news; second, he must know how to get it; and third, he must know how to write it up in simple, concise form so that it will be of interest to the reading public. In concluding, Mr. Perkins emphasized the excellent training for other professions offered by newspaper work. It brings one in touch with all elements of human society and face to face with the real significance of life...