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Some are leading boys' clubs, work which demands probably the greatest ability of any of the social service activities. To successfully lead a boys' club a man must be willing to accept responsibility, have a good imagination, and have ability to develop quickly whatever talent for leadership...
...Social Service Committee offers an opportunity for various types of men; first, for those who feel a human-interest in the many problems of people of very limited means who live in the poorer sections of the city; for those who have some talent in a particular line such as teaching, coaching or music and wish to develop that by further practice; for those men who expect to enter business or politics at some future date and wish the opportunity to learn the points of view of the workers and of various foreign radical groups. So Social Service...
Born the son of a Connecticut carpenter in Knoxville, Tenn., 64 years ago, Judge Sanford gained a good education at the University of Tennessee (1883), at Harvard (1885), at Harvard Law School (1889). Genial, democratic in manner, with a talent for public speaking, he began a law practice that carried throughout his state. From his Yankee father he inherited a stout Republican faith. U.S. Circuit Judge Taft observed his legal ability, marked him as a good man. President Roosevelt brought him to Washington in 1907 as an assistant Attorney General, sent him back to Tennessee the next year...
...talent for speechifying has also bred many a college legend. At a banquet tendered to the Swedish Ambassador and attended by the late William Jennings Bryan, the diplomat read an address...
Tentative plans call for 100 members, with a self-perpetuating executive committee of 15-"massing the best business talent of the church for the wisest possible handling of consecrated funds." The Foundation will not interfere with the annual Presbyterian benevolence budget (about $12,000,000), but will seek contributions from people who would not ordinarily give to mission boards and other church departments. Work anticipated: assistance to colleges, hospitals, seminaries, medical missions; disaster relief...