Word: formers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Under the auspices of the Harvard Union, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Honorable Andrew Dickson White are to speak before the University this week; the former this afternoon on "Orators and Oratory;" the latter Friday night on "Evolution vs. Revolution in Politics." The combination of subjects is appropriate, for in the work of the debating clubs practice in speaking is combined with the study of political, social and economic questions; the selection of the speakers is admirable; Colonel Higginson is one of the best examples of what a public speaker should be and Mr. White is one of the deepest...
...have more regard for the interests of the student body and for its own interests? For the interests of the crew and the interests of the students are, or at least should be, inseparable. These interests demand that the race be rowed June 23 or June 24, preferably the former. Such a date would not detract from Class Day and would give the crew the support of the students...
...intercollegiate speakers. In the apparent absence of other plans, therefore, we propose a debate between representatives of the Sophomore and Freshman classes. If this plan were tried and found successful it might well be made a yearly event. If, however, it should not offer the advantages embodied in the former intercollegiate debates or help in any way to take the place of those debates, it need not be regarded as a precedent...
Captain Goodrich again coached the 'Varsity crew yesterday. Two was once more vacant on account of the broken oars, and J. F. Perkins and Bull were absent, the former with a cold, the latter with a sprained wrist. The order was as follows: Stroke, Boardman; 7, Moulton; 6, Thompson; 5, J. H. Perkins; 4, Sprague; 3, Hollister; bow, Marvin...
...spreads which have heretofore come on Class Day and have made the day too crowded. At the same time the Class Day exercises proper, comprising the exercises at Sanders Theatre, the Tree Exercises, and the illumination of the Yard in the evening, will remain the same as in former years...