Word: workers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard he was a model student, always bright and cheerful, interested in club work, and at the same time a good worker. He was one of the organizers of the Banjo Club, an editor of the Advocate, and a member of the Pudding and O. K. And although so much with his fellow students he got a Detur in his freshman year, and graduated with honorable mention, and the degree-cum Laude. The memorial service held at his church on Monday, where there were present so many men showed only too clearly how he was esteemed here at Harvard...
...attention of the University to the fact that Bishop J. H. Vincent, D. D., will conduct the services tomorrow at Appleton Chapel. Bishop Vincent has taken a very prominent position among the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is noted for being a hard and conscientious worker in the church as well as a scholarly and forcible preacher. Bishop Vincent, moreover, has won considerable renown by his organization of the Chatauqua movement which has done so much in the interests of the people. He has been the head of the school ever since it has started...
...Jeremiah Griffin, a fellow worker of Mr. Hadley, told in a simple and effective manner the story of his life. Born of respectable parents he received an ordinary education and learned the trade of an iron moulder. His fondness for drink proved his ruin, and seven years ago he was a wretched outcast of the worst type. He struggled in vain against his terrible failing, till through the efforts of Mr. Hadley he was brought to pray to Jesus Christ. That alone saved him and Mr. Griffin says that is the only thing can save others...
...various conditions of society cause much distress, the alleviation of which is the object of charity. It is the attempt to change the social conditions producing these effects, which gives rise to the labor question. The actions of the charity worker must be controlled by business method, which demands a thorough knowledge of the forces operating to produce the conditions observed. No large institutions of charity could exist, however, on a purely business basis. It is the moral, the charitable motive of those who establish them and carry them on, which makes them a success...
Johnson, bow, handles his oar well and is a very careful worker. But he does not get the grip on the water which he should acquire before the first of July...