Word: rising
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...outdid themselves in ovations to old Yale. They even tried to sing the Yale songs, with what success I am not informed. But every man of that class carried away a new opinion of what Yale is like, and of the handsome way in which a Yale man can rise to an occasion. And it is an impression he will not forget...
...Agassiz House on Monday and Tuesday, January 25 and 26. The play to be produced is a comedy in 4 acts, "In For Himself" by M. W. Reed 2G. The play was written in English 47 last year. It deals with the story of a young architect and his rise to prominence in Boston. This will be the second comedy produced by the Workshop this year, as the first production, "The Only Girl in Sight," was also a light piece...
...clubs and others in the University. The cost of bandage material and rolling machines is slight, and one hour a day spent in the manufacture of bandages would inconvenience but a few and be a satisfaction to many. It is high time undergraduate interest in the present war should rise above the talking point and reach a point of action that would result in definite good to mankind...
...another in the order of seniority, each accupying one week. Inasmuch as these devotional exercises were frequently performed in an indifferent and perfunctory manner by those who had little or no interest in them they were far from edifying, and often distasteful to the students. Being obliged to rise before daylight, to go through the winter's storms and stand shivering in a cold room, listening to what seemed to be mere routine, even in the opinion of those who conducted it, and then going to recitations before they had breakfasted, it is not surprising that a spirit of discontent...
...remains faithful to the news, his rise rests with himself. For a number of years he may have to put up with comparatively small pay, for the best paid positions lie near the top. Admittance to them is open to all the alert and able and faithful, although the way is naturally shortened in the case of exceptional talent or exceptional opportunity. At the top, or at least at the base of the summit, the successful newspaper man has less ground for comparing unfavorably his income with that of the lawyer or business man; and in addition, because his work...