Word: explaining
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...first meeting of the geological conference will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the lecture room of the Geological Museum. The instructors in the department will explain the courses which are now offered and will speak in a general way of their experiences during the past summer. Brief papers will be read and informally discussed. Professor Shaler will tell of his experiences last summer in Montana and Professor Davis will speak on his Western geological excursion. Professor Smythe, who has just returned from Alaska, where he has been absent since June, will tell of his expeditions...
...impression first and last left by "Freshman English and Theme Correcting," is one of simple adaptability to the ends for which the book is designed. The aim throughout is to explain, without needless formality, the difficulties met by instructors in English A, and the methods used to obviate them. In the introductory chapter, the nature and mechanics of the course are briefly described. Common faults and their treatment are then taken up, with well-chosen examples for reference. Here the freedom of the book from the usual wearisome repetition of rules and stock sentences is particularly noticeable...
...Rice '01 will speak at the meeting of the Chess Club tonight on the Guioco Piano and Vienna openings. The positions will be shown on a large wall chess board, and an attempt will be made to explain concisely the reasons for each move in these openings. This talk will be the first of a series, which will be given for the purpose of increasing the knowledge of the chess openings among the players. The meeting will be held in Room 8 of the Union at 7.45, and all men interested in chess are invited...
...meeting will be held in Sever 11 at 7.30 this evening to give an opportunity for Freshmen to join the Freshman Debating Club. Speeches to explain the purposes and possibilities of debating at Harvard will be made by R. C. Bruce '02, H. P. Kirtland 2L., and M. Seasongood 2L., members of former University debating teams. A. A. Ballantine '04 will preside. Those who sign as members tonight will be entitled to vote in the election of temporary officers, which will be held next Wednesday evening...
After the meeting an informal reception was held in Brooks House parlor, at which representatives from the various religious societies were present to explain their work...