Word: salesmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most popular position was that of clerk, 68 being thus employed. Thirty-four worked as tutors, 28 as choremen, 23 as salesmen, 22 each as ushers and waiters, 17 as agents, 12 each as gardeners and guides, and 11 as musicians. The list of various kinds of positions was not limited to these lines of work, however, but included 39 separate sorts of jobs: accountants, agents, attendants, boys' club workers, care-takers, chauffeurs, choremen, clerks, coaches, companions, computers, correctors, draughtsmen, errand boys, farmers, gardeners, guides, hat checkers, hotel clerks, librarians, monitors, musicians, note takers, proctors, proof readers, readers, research workers...
Wood-chopping during Christmas vacation attracted the largest number of students, 148, while there were 134 clerks, 124 monitors, 52 typists, 52 choremen, 47 waiters, 42 tutors, 24 salesmen, 20 gardeners, 14 workers for the Fuel Administration, 14 secretaries, 14 stenographers, 12 guides, 10 agents, 10 musicians, 9 chaffers, 9 who rented their rooms for services, 8 ushers, 7 readers, 6 translators, 5 tutor companions, 5 errandmen, 4 attendants, 4 companions, 4 draftsmen, 4 investigators, 4 librarians, 4 proofreaders, 3 in charge of boys' clubs, 3 note-takers, 3 proctors, 3 ticket-takers, 2 caretakers, 2 coaches, 2 dancing teachers...