Word: bryan
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...addressed the members. The Governing Board has made it a definite policy to obtain only prominent and well-known speakers. Among those who have spoken are President Roosevelt, President Eliot, Secretary Shaw, Hon. Thomas P. O'Connor, M.P., Hon. John D. Long, Major Henry Lee Higginson, Hon. William J. Bryan, Dr. W. T. Grenfell, Mr. Booker T. Washington, Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, and Mr. Jacob A. Riis. These names in themselves convey some idea of the variety of subjects discussed...
...devoted to the commercial, industrial, legislative and judicial aspects of the peace movement, and to the discussion of the women's relation to the movement. Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State, Governor Hughes of New York, Mr. W. T. Stead of England, Hon. Richard Bartholdt, and Hon. William Jennings Bryan will speak at these meetings...
...best definition of civilization, said Mr. Bryan, is the harmonious development of the human race physically, mentally and morally, and for this reason it was essential that every individual train himself in all of these qualities. No combination of all of these qualities is so well shown as in the character of Thomas Jefferson, the greatest constructive statesman in history, who, in comparison with Alexander Hamilton, shows the most striking cast of a conscientious politician who realized and had faith in the strength and wisdom of the people. This faith in our people and in our democratic form of government...
Before discussing his main topic, however, Mr. Bryan emphasized the importance of public speaking today. He said that he believed it to be the duty of every citizen to train himself to think clearly and to speak accurately on the questions of the day and that for this reason public speaking is of the utmost importance. There are two essentials for the effective public-speaker--information and earnestness. He must be thoroughly familiar with his subject and must believe firmly in what he says. Important aids to essentials are clearness of expression and brevity of statement, the one because...
Before Mr. Bryan arrived, Dean Ames of the Law School and Mr. Samuel J. Elder, of Boston, spoke briefly. Dean Ames described the increased facilities which will be afforded in Langdell Hall, the new Law School building. Mr. Elder indicated the advantage a university affords in bringing men of different thoughts and feeling together from different sections of the country...