Word: career
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...passed a resolution urging upon Congress the necessity for reorganization in our consular service. Not the least important among the provisions in the resolution is one calling for the establishment upon a sounder basis of the junior service and a general increase in salaries, to attract to a diplomatic career University-trained men of the highest type and greatest ability...
...comfort Alexander-wherever he now may be-is taking in the thought that, 2242 years after his early demise at Babylon, lots and lots of people on this little pin-head in the cosmos still persist in calling him "the Great." The real point is this, that Whitney's career as a man "who did things" is still a lesson, an example, an inspiration, for the young American of today...
...second session had an attendance of 647, these being chiefly University students whose college career had been interrupted by the war and who wished to make up courses in order to be able to re-enter the University in good standing at the beginning of the regular College year...
Most important for university men, however, would be the reorganization of the junior service which becomes the educational preparation for a diplomatic career. The young applicant who enlists for a period of years, under the proposed changes, would be required to pass a severe examination in the essentials of international law, history, economics, and politics. He would have to have a command of English, French, and at least one other language. In determining his qualications, his health, energy, personality, and character would all be considered...
...large number of men who have eventually become members. The first meeting was a Freshman reception on September 23. On October 17, Walter Hampden '00 spoke interestingly on "Colleges and the Drama," while on the 29th William Roscoe Thayer '81 spoke on "Some Interesting Incidents in Roosevelt's Career...