Instead of devoting himself conscientiously to university interests, he was, like Peary, engaged in private enterprises-such as the Parker-Clark light, and other ventures-and employed substitute instructors to do the work for which he drew a salary, and for which he claimed the honor and the prestige.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Besides the boys there were Dr. Theophilus Wise, the principal, and a number of his instructors, the negro coachman at the Academy, who was now serving in the capacity of cook and general handy man to the doctor and the boys, and the captain and crew, a considerable party all told.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
To begin with, she reviewed in mind her old acquaintances: there were a half-dozen professors, instructors, assistants who called infrequently on her father and whom she had come to know with a degree of familiarity.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory