Word: workman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEAR SIRS.- It is said that once, as a workman on the cornice of a building lost his head and staggered, some one in the crowd beneath shouted "Cheer him!" The cheer was given and under its inspiration the man regained his foot hold. There were some men on Jarvis field, about half after four last Saturday who recalled this fact in bitterness of heart. Why was it that our first reverse broke the spirit of the men who were there to cheer for Harvard? But the serious part of the matter is the fact that many...
...Real wages are also higher in the United States-Consular Report 40, p 304, et seq; 42 pp. 12-14 and 15; 45 pp. 117-118. (a) Proven directly by the amount an American workman can save. (b) Proven indirectly by his higher standard of living...
ENGLISH D.- Abbott to Flint, Dane; Forsyth to Pease, Mass. 3; Pease to Workman, Mass. 1. Blue books to be brought to the examinations...
...Still, it is necessary that any kind of a workman should have good tools, and a college education undoubtedly furnishes much that a journalist needs in his profession. Horace Greeley, after he had risen to promineuce as an editor, felt his deficiency in that regard. Some of the brightest and most graceful editorial writers have been men whose training and equipment was had at college. Henry J. Raymond was a notable example of this. I might mention also Manton Marble. Mr. Schuyler, of our paper, is a college man and a writer of so graceful and pure English that editorials...
...matters connected with the boat club, and so incompetent to make such a severe criticism of its management. He asks for an itemized account of the sum of $693.48 for wages. Any one acquainted with rowing affairs knows that there is a janitor in the boat-house, a skilled workman, who for years has received as wages $60 a month. Sixty times twelve are 720. The management has saved thirty dollars on that item! A request for an itemized account of subscriptions would have been quite as rational and much more profitable, as it would show how many men fail...