Word: discusses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first University forum which met last night to discuss the political situation was successful beyond expectation. The meeting was first called in Emerson A, but as over 200 men were present, it was found necessary to remove to room D as first announced...
...discussing how college men may keep in touch with advanced thought and be of service in throwing light on contemporary problems, Mr. Steffens made two points. First, there is not enough intellectual curiosity on the part of the students. Second, courses often attempt to cover the past so thoroughly that they never reach the present, and the professors' views on the subject. The student body should attempt to take the initiative in the matter, and co-operate with the Faculty in obtaining upto-date courses in which the professors have opportunity to discuss recent theories and problems...
...series of interclass debates. The members of the winning class team will be awarded silver cups. The call for candidates will be made in the near future and everyone is urged to come out. If, as a result of these debates, a large club can be formed which will discuss current problems, as students in English universities do, the fondest hopes of the Debating Council will be realized...
...Progressive Club of Harvard will hold a smoker in the Assembly Room of the Union, tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. All members of the University are invited. There will be several speakers from the University who will discuss the principles of the Progressive party...
Perhaps the explanation may lie in a few misconceived ideas. Many students, for instance, undoubtedly feel that the Chapel preachers would not care to discuss the purely mundane subjects in which they are interested. Yet no belief could be more erroneous, for these college preachers consider it a privilege both to meet as many college men as possible and to talk over with them subjects of the latters' own choosing. Probably no one of these men is visited more than Dr. Lyman Abbott, who spends most of his time, when he is in Wadsworth House, discussing journalism. Nor should...