Word: direction
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number of men, whose executive ability has been tested in other connections, whose personality has given them prominence; men too busy to undergo a long, tedious competition, but who would perform gladly and excellently the duties of a proffered managership. No less than five such men, holding office by direct appointment, are now doing their part in managing major teams; they are known to be among the most fitting...
...from this time on he may surely count on the allegiance of every man at the meeting. At the dinner W. W. Taylor '68, president of the Cincinnati Harvard Club, presided and acted as toastmaster. President Lowell, in the words of a prominent graduate, "in a strong, clean-cut, direct speech showed himself to be a man who at once impresses one with the idea that he can be trusted to do for the University the right thing at the right time." He said, "College training must mean something more than the bare intellectual sense. The college...
...problem method" of instruction, supplemented by reading, lectures, and tours of inspection to important factories and offices, will be continued next year. Advisory committees are now being formed of prominent business men, who will direct this work of practical investigation...
...this evening in the New Lecture Hall the Freshman debating team will meet Yale in their third annual debate. The debate will be open to all members of the University and to the public. The subject for debate is: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by a direct vote of the people." Yale has chosen to support the negative, and Harvard will argue the affirmative. C. B. Randall, A. D. Brigham, and F. Stern will represent the University in the order named, while Yale will be represented in order by A. C. Tener, D. McConaughy...
...final Freshman debating trials held last evening, the following were picked to meet Yale 1912 on April 30: A. D. Brigham, C. B. Randall, F. Stern. The question is "Resolved, That United States senators should be elected by a direct vote of the people...