Word: professionals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"The American women have decided for themselves that they want bobbed hair . . . The new style. . . has created a new demand for a particular kind of service. This demand is as real as is the demand for dressmakers or milliners. Thousands of young ladies are taking courses throughout the country to...
"Since the law, however, is a profession and not a trade, I conceive it to be the duty of the lawyer, just as it is the duty of the priest or the surgeon, to serve those who call upon him, unless, indeed, there is some insuperable obstacle in the way...
...independence is in the duty which he owes to his clients, once selected, to serve them without the slightest thought of the effect such a service may have upon his personal popularity or political fortunes. Any lawyer who surrenders this independence or shades this duty by trimming his professional counsel to fit the gusts of popular opinion, in my judgment, not only dishonors himself but disparages and degrades the great profession to which he should be proud to belong...
In Scotland, "teaching is a desirable occupation, an honored profession, is paid accordingly. Scotland has the best public schools in the world." So said 20 Scottish teachers, as they stepped ashore in Manhattan for Summer travel.
Two business meetings were held by the Grand Lodge members. John G. Price, of Columbus, O., was singled out and installed to succeed James G. McFarland, of Watertown, S. D., as Grand Exalted Ruler. John was described: "a self-made American . . . formerly a letter-carrier in Canton, O., the home...