Word: undertook
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fletcher began by giving a brief account of the reasons why he undertook the study which has finally resulted in the development of the science known as "Fletcherism." At the age of 40 his health was so poor that he was refused polices by all the large insurance companies in America. He at once set about inquiring into the reasons for this condition and found that the digestion is probably the most important factor in the health of the human body. From many experiments upon himself he conceived the theory of dietetic righteousness which has restored...
...month's trip in the Middle West, where he has been addressing many universities and discussing entrance examinations with high school principals and others. Professor E. C. Moore, a graduate of an Ohio college, is now in Illinois on a journey through about the same district, which he undertook at the request of the Alumni Association. Assistant Dean W. R. Castle '00 delivered a number of speeches last fall on his way to Honolulu, and E. H. Wells '97, secretary of the Alumni Association, spoke throughout the whole Northwest on a trip which took him as far as the Pacific...
...Woods was graduated from Harvard in 1892 and then spent a year at the University of Berlin. Upon his return he devoted himself to post-graduate work in chemistry in the University. After teaching at Groton School for a short while, he undertook newspaper work in New York. At present Mr. Woods is a deputy commissioner of police in that city and has been put in charge of the detective work...
After being graduated from Harvard in 1892, Mr. Woods spent a year at the University of Berlin and then returned to this University for post-graduate work in chemistry. Soon thereafter, he undertook newspaper work. He is now a deputy commissioner of police in New York City, in charge of the detective forces...
...strongly adverse. He was already past middle life, in slender health, without experience in teaching, or indeed in routine work of any kind. His life had been that of a gentleman of leisure, spent in reading, travel, correspondence, and only occasionally writing for publication. With little technical training he undertook to teach a subject novel to the University, in which as yet there was no department; a subject, too, regarded with suspicion by influential sections of the community. Under such untoward circumstances--yes, by very means of them--he soon won honor for himself and his subject, a unique position...