Word: summering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chose to follow the 40th parallel (New York City) around, he would have 13,855 miles to go. If he picked one of the long summer days of the year, he would have about 17 hours in which to get back to his starting point before-daylight left it. He would have to cover 815 miles an hour, or 13% miles a minute, or nearly 400 yards a second...
Four men, all of the class of 1927 have been appointed to this Committee for Investigation of Philanthropic Work at Summer Camps. Alexander Donald has been chosen chairman of the committee of which the other three members are Austin Lamont, A. J. Cassett, and Lawrence Coolidge...
Strictly speaking, of course, a tutor is a private teacher, and in summer such a tutor aids in making up work or preparing for examinations. It is a fact, however, that practically all of the men who get a job as tutor or tutor companion are much akin to the masculine from of governess. When a boy gets to a place where he is no longer a fit subject for a nursemaid, and when his parents wish to provide him with a virile and inspiring companion, they look for some one whose title is that of tutor, whose work...
...reasons why each man registering for summer employment was asked to specify several different kinds of jobs was that it was expected that a great many men would ask primarily for jobs as tutors or tutor companions. It is probable that more than 60 percent of the men who are registered for summer work have asked for consideration on this type of work...
Applications for membership in any one of the three Harvard student groups which will visit Europe this summer as the guests of the students of Europe will close on April 15, it was announced last night...