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...Philadelphia; F. C. Gray, of Chestnut Hill; H. L. Groves, of Coudersport, Pa.; O. W. Hausermann, of Evansville, Ind.; J. A. King, of Chicago, Ill.; W. H. Lacey, of Wollaston; F. H. Leslie, of Milton; R. Murray, of Wollaston; W. M. Parker, of Cliftondale; W. A. Perkins, of Ogden, Utah; D. P. Ranney, of Boston; S. B. Warner, of Shanghai, China; and P. R. Withington, of Boston...
...Ogden gave an interesting lecture in the Union last evening on retail trade as a profession for college men. This was the second of the series of lectures on the professions arranged by the Governing Board of the Union. The speaker said that he realized that business has not the glamour for the university man which is possessed by such professions as medicine, law, and engineering. Narrow-minded prejudice against trade is, however, giving way to a new order of judgment, a spirit of true democracy, which recognizes a man by his deeds. The management of the department store...
This evening in the Union there will be a description of "Retail Trade as a Career for College Graduates" by Mr. Robert C. Ogden, for many years a partner in one of the greatest retail firms of the country and the manager of one of its large branches. Men who have not chosen their occupations and who feel no inclination toward the so called learned professions, should find his lecture distinctly useful...
...Robert C. Ogden of New York will speak on "Retail Trade as a Career for College Graduates" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only. This is the second of a series of lectures on professions to be given during the winter...
...Ogden was for over 20 years a member of the firm of John Wanamaker, retiring only two years ago. He has also taken an active part in educational matters, and is now president of the board of trustees of Hampton Institute at Hampton, Va., director of the Union Theological Seminary in New York, trustee of the Tuskegee Institute, president of the Southern Education Board, and trustee of the General Education Board. He received the degrees of M.A. from Yale University in 1902 and LL.D. from Tulane University...