Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although Gary was on the staff of the Record, Williams undergraduate newspaper, he also was indifferent to the publishing business. Following graduation (1926) he went to Oxford for two years, cherished two ambitions: to teach school and to deal in rare books. (He has a remarkable library of earthy Americana.) Eventually he was persuaded to enter the Curtis company. He worked hard, without enthusiasm but without complaint. He peddled his grandfather's magazines from door to door, went to Manhattan and sold advertising, returned to Philadelphia to work in the circulation department at a desk among rows & rows...
From 7:00 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. the Kelloggs were incessantly occupied with the children, dressing, feeding and cuddling them. Daily it was necessary to weigh, measure, test, photograph, observe and teach them. Gua could not learn to speak human words, although she has the necessary apparatus and tried to use it. Nearest she came to a word was to pout her lips in effort to say "Papa...
...Received 600 disabled veterans on the South Grounds of the White House. ¶Told the graduating class of Manhattan's Todhunter School, where she used to teach, to see as many sides of life as possible...
...York, overlooking the Hudson. Thither this week were to go 25 unmarried, ablebodied, unemployed, penniless women between the ages of 18 and 30. Federal emergency relief funds were to pay $5 board each week for each woman wood-ster. They will not draw pay but will have counselors to teach them useful occupations. "There will be plenty of work," said Secretary Perkins, "keeping the camp." On the first day for registration in Manhattan, applications far exceeded accommodations at the Bear Mountain camp...
...give the commencement address, nationally broadcast, at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa). Speaker Rainey and Budget Director Douglas were to speak at Amherst alumni reunions. Busy Mrs. Roosevelt officiated at two commencements last fortnight, at Malcolm Gordon School (Garrison, N. Y.) and Todhunter in Manhattan where she used to teach. Last week she received an LL.D. from Washington (D. C.) College of Law and gave counsel to its graduating class: "The greatest thing that life does is to give you experience and knowledge of other people." Kudos of the fortnight: Baylor University (Waco...