Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Colonel T. W. Higginson '41 will deliver the third of the series of lectures on "The Ethics of the Professions" under the auspices of the Ethical Society in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, at 7.30 o'clock this evening. His subject will be "Literature as a Profession."
Last evening in Phillips Brooks House Mr. Louis D. Brandeis L.'77 delivered the second of the series of lectures on "The Ethics of the Professions," under the auspices of the Ethical Society. His subject was "The Legal Profession."
The legal profession in America, said Mr. Brandeis, has always afforded abundant opportunities for usefulness. Formerly the lawyer of ability was invaria- bly a great political and administrative power in the state; in our own day he is an equally important factor in industrial and financial affairs.
The lawyer is well fitted for his important role by the training he is forced to undergo. For, after receiving an academic education from books, he develops his practical ability in the exercise of his profession. By the training of speedy and accurate judgment he adapts himself to the position...
*ETHICAL SOCIETY. "The Ethics of the Professions: II. The Legal Profession," Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, 7.30 P. M.