Word: commandments
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fleet then sailed to Valparaiso, where fully a quarter of the population of Chili turned out to welcome it, and from there it continued to Peru and up the coast to California. Admiral Sperry then took command...
Captain Southerland was graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1872, and immediately after entered the navy as a midshipman. In 1896 he became a captain, and during the Spanish-American War served on the Cuban coast in command of the U. S. S. Eagle. Captain Southerland has written a number of scientific papers, among which are "Azimuth Tables," "Nautical Monograph No. 4," and "The North Atlantic Cyclone of August, 1883." He has just completed the tour of the world with the Atlantic squadron as commander of the New Jersey...
...command a large salary, one that compares favorably with the salaries of lawyers and physicians. But apart from this monetary consideration the engineer has the chance to be of great service to mankind. On him depends the conservation of our enormous natural resources...
James Savage '54 as a boy was not bright, but very thoughtful; full of fun and energy, and possessed of strong personality which commanded respect. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and was killed at Cedar Mountain. Edward Dalton '55 died of exhaustion after the war. James Lowell '58 was shot once and returned to the North; later he went back to the front and was killed at Glendale. Stephen Perkins '56 was pleasant and witty, a brilliant student, standing at the head of his class in College. He was shot in the battle of Cedar Mountain. Robert...
...technique that would have saved him from some of his confusions and changes of key, for example, and that each man must learn for himself in his chosen profession, evades him, and naturally enough. Then his theatrical instinct that carries character, episode and feeling across the footlights, and his command of emotion save him. The best of the playwrights in their twenties see and feel, much more than they design and elaborate. Most of their characters are bound to be sketches, as Mr. Sheldon's in the main are. The actors and the stage manager, when they are of such...