Word: watchmen
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...report shows that students have worked as night watchmen, cooks, farmers, Pullman and street car conductors, theatre extras, and travelling salesmen...
...Mayor of Richmond (near London) granted an interview to a representative of the New York Tribune. He said he had known me when I was Princess Mary of Teck, and that I 'had ever been a tomboy.' 'In my youth,' continued Sir James, 'we had sentry boxes in which watchmen took refuge during rough weather, and I remember that these boxes were an unfailing source of amusement to the young bloods of the day, who frequently turned them over when the occupants were inside. There were oil lamps in the streets, and their dim light was favorable to pranks...
...older watchmen said: "There was a time when the undergraduate cut loose on Hallowe'en and we had out hands full watching anything that was movable. Now the undergraduates are too dignified to get any pleasure out of such pranks. Most of them won't even know it's Hallowe...
...most popular forms of employment during term-time were as tutor, clerk, proctor, monitor, census-taker, choreman and ticket taker. There were also many men who occupied their spare hours in employment as carpenters, salesmen, librarians, ushers, waiters, stenographers or watchmen. During the summer the leading employments for men who were earning their way through college were tutoring and serving as tutor companion, camp counsellor or clerk...
...troubled or robbed by these swindlers, they are requested to report the matter to the watchmen, with a description of the man they suspect, if possible...