Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...daily program is arranged entirely with these ends in view. In the mornings and the evenings addresses are delivered by leaders in Christian thought and service, Bible and mission classes are held, and opportunity is given to men to talk over ethical and religious problems of general and particular interest. The afternoons are devoted to athletics of various sorts, representatives of the colleges organizing intercollegiate competitions in baseball, track and tennis. There is always a general conference accompanied by an address after dinner...
...such attempts on the part of the officers of a university to restrict the freedom of speech or opinion on the part either of the members of the faculty or of speakers from the outside is based upon a misconception of the attitude of the students toward those who address them from the lecture platform. That attitude is almost invariably one of respect, mingled with doubt. No audience is quicker to perceive the untruth, the fallacy, or, on the other hand, the worth of an argument. Weight of academic authority counts for little to the university student who is accustomed...
Herbert Jaques '11, who is a member of the University track advisory committee, will address all men interested in distance running at the Varsity Club this evening at 7 o'clock. It is especially desired that all men competing in the 220-yard dash, 440-yard run, 880-yard run, mile run, and two-mile run, attend the meeting. The subject will be "The Fine Points of Racing and Training." It is planned by this lecture to correct some of the minor faults which arise through lack of experience and are responsible for the loss of many races...
...North Tower Room of Memorial Hall this evening at 6 o'clock, at which the principal speaker will be Professor George Grafton Wilson, of the Department of International Law. His subject will be, "Neutrality and the Present War." Governor Samuel W. McCall has also been invited and may address the club. The dinner is open to members and their friends but owing to the limited capacity of the room, seats will be granted only to those who have already sent in their applications to the secretary...
Since last October the entertainment committee has given ten entertainments at the various settlement houses in Boston and Cambridge. About 50 men are engaged in this branch of the work. Speakers have also been sent out to address schools, churches, Y. M. C. A.'s and clubs. All of the above activities are under the immediate charge of the Social Service Committee...