Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thievery, defined as stealing by non-violent methods, is a profession as exclusive and exacting as law or medicine. Published this week was a solid account of the life and activities of The Professional Thief,* notable for the fact that it is not a thriller but a sociological document. Written by a thief named Chic Conwell and edited by onetime University of Chicago Sociologist Edwin H. Sutherland, it represents an informed thief's-eye view of a tight guild whose trades range from shoplifting to the suavities of the confidence man. Highlights...
Described by Professor Sutherland, now a member of the faculty of the University of Indiana, as handsome, attractive, and possessing the "initiative, ingenuity and abilities that are characteristic of leaders," Thief Conwell seems alternately proud and ashamed of his profession, was probably most sincere when he wrote: "It involves as...
"As a matter of fact," says Dr. Hooton, "if I were asked in what occupations the United States indubitably leads the world, I should reply without hesitation, dentistry and plumbing." Yet in the mouth of civilized man he finds a chamber of horrors which shows perfectly well which way human...
Asked whether college men have any future on the stage, Ed said yes. College men have a certain culture and "savior faire" that is difficult to replace by experience. If the theatre is to survive, Ed thinke, college men and women must take it up as a profession.
Instead of replying individually the 50 psychiatrists sent back a round robin declaring that they practiced privately because Bellevue paid them as little as $30 a week. Because of such low salaries, the round robin complained, not as many were married or had children and decent homes as would like...