Word: personably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Office has discovered that it can render more effective service to the student whose ideas and abilities it knows best. It is harder to give sound advice to an individual who comes into the Office for the first time and inquires about a job, than it is to a person who has called more frequently and discussed his problems freely...
...Washington just to be an unannounced guest at a primarily Harvard dinner. He remarked this to a friend nearby, feeling rather superior because of his prowess in recognizing the face of one of the higher-ups in the government. The indulgent laugh of the other after looking at the person indicated failed to ruffle him, and he continued to point out Farley to his other neighbors at the table. With similar effect...
Last week in Pittsburgh this old battle was once more raging. Its centre was the person of the fat, gimlet-eyed, Carpathian-born bishop of the Carpatho-Russians, Rt. Rev. Basil Takach. Sent to the U. S. in 1924, Bishop Takach had won instant approval by ordaining married men to the priesthood. But in 1929 another apostolic letter was issued by the Vatican, this one forbidding bishops to appoint married priests to Greek Rite posts. Bishop Takach obeyed the order, but in Bridgeport, Conn., a priest dared not only oppose it but circularized Greek Catholic churches to stir up more...
...Only one person, a student, expressed satisfaction with the present legislation. In the preliminary session on Thursday, five had supported it, but that number had been depleted by the complete opposition of the guests and faculty...
...Nieman bequest to a series of fellowships should not be difficult, and offers the most logical solution to the problem of what use to make of this money. In the first place, fellowships are financially possible on the estimated $40,000 interest the fund will provide. At $2000 per person, this would allow twenty fellowships a year. Secondly, they would be available only for college graduates who have had the regulation background...