Word: wish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...travellers in far places--usually the South Seas--being approached by a ragged beachcomber with the request for the price of a drink, and recognizing, beneath the grime, a former class-mate of theirs. It is from the remainder that the beachcombers must be drawn. One can only wish that they had the courage to furnish their occupation to the class committee; so that their friends might look them up, on the veranda of some sinister hotel in the tropics and save them the embarrassment of asking for the drink...
...those men who are undecided as to what line of business they wish to enter, this will afford an excellent opportunity both for getting acquainted with business, spending a profitable summer, and shortening the ordinary period of business apprenticeship...
...contacts and experience college is supposed to give by going out into life right off." Mr. Darrow said he did not wish to be dogmatic on the subject of college education for those who had the time to gather it, "but," he added, "if you are out to make money you are throwing your time away at college...
Elections to the scholarships this year will he from 32 states. Massachusetts applicants who wish to be nominated should get in touch before October 8 with Professor Greene, at 60 Shepard Street, or call at 5 University Hall...
...changed its president. Dr. William M. Burton, who "cracked" petroleum so hard that it yielded twice as much gasoline, was granted his wish to retire, was succeeded by Edward G. Seubert, a onetime newsboy. Soon, no doubt, the success magazines will be asking Mr. Seubert for the story of his rise. It is an epitome of the great U. S. biography, a machinist's helper at 15, a bookkeeper whose accounts balanced, a chief clerk who plugged, a vice president -one of the faithful rewarded when he reached a healthy...