Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Riddle is one of the foremost readers of this country. He was instructor in elocution at Harvard from 1878 to 1881, and appeared as Oedipus Tyrannus in the Greek play given in Sanders Theatre in 1881. He has since given Shakesperian and other readings in the principal American cities, and is well known for his imitations of the accent and mannerisms of leading actors...
First and foremost, that Class Day exercises can have no significance of association or setting away from the Yard and Memorial Hall. Without such significance exercises of the nature of the State exercises have no reason to be, for much the same reason that the Mardi Gras, for instance, could not be reproduced for exhibition purposes at St. Louis, without losing in impressiveness. A little reflection will make clear to everyone the relation of the Yard to Class Day. Imagine a Harvard Class Day at Berkeley Oval...
Rabenold opened the debate for Harvard. He contended that the discussion turned upon the history of what trade-unionism has done. First and foremost it has given the working man the power to say something in determining the condition of employment. In the conditions of modern industry, it is readily seen that-the working man, standing alone, counts for little, if anything, as a bargainer. The working man has but one thing to sell, and that is his labor. Capital controls the machinery, without which that labor can bring no results. The working man is thus at a complete disadvantage...
...persuade these college-bred citizens to register and vote; to make plain to them the magnitude of the issue and the value of the individual; to supply them with all necessary information about the election law and the forms to be observed by voters: this is the first and foremost object of our committee...
...auspices of the Pen and Brush Club tomorrow night, on "Methods of Architectural Rendering." He will explain the various methods of water color, crayon, pen and ink, and pencil work, and will illustrate his talk by many examples of his own rendering. Mr. Sturgis is one of the foremost of Boston architects, and is at present engaged on plans for the new Art Museum...