Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appreciative audience assembled in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening, to hear General Armstrong's lecture on the "Education of the Indian." The lecturer was warmly greeted, and he plainly showed, by every intonation of his voice, how deep is his interest in the welfare...
...General Armstrong explained that by educating the Indian, he meant not only educating his mind, but his hand and heart as well; everything, in fact, that would enable him to compete with his white neighbor, in the struggle for existence. The trouble had been that the government had never understood the Indian. They had provided him with food and clothing, thereby enabling him to live in idleness, and it is no wonder that now he is unable to support himself. Instead of giving him rations, he should have been given land and farming implements and obliged to earn...
...discussion was "The social effect of Negro suffrage." Mr. C. C. McGehee, jr., read a paper on the above subject, giving the Southern view of it. He argued for the disfranchisement of the Negro, for the present, as the most immediate practical remedy looking towards the eradication of sectionalism. General Armstrong was present and entered into the discussion, advancing some most interesting opinions on the subject...
...tomorrow night, such claims will not be still more recklessly put forth. We have shown repeatedly how false and misleading these claims are, especially in the form in which they are circulated, but we have not been able to prevent the acceptance of them by college papers and the general public which have had no way to test the truth of them. We repeat again the true record. Princeton won the games of '73, '78, and '85. Yale won the games of '76, '82, '83, '87, and '88. There were no games in '74, and '75. The games...
...General Armstrong will speak this evening on the "Education of the Negro." The lecture will be given in the lecture room of Jefferson Physical Laboratory instead of in Sanders Theatre, as previously announced. General Armstrong's first lecture was most interesting, and the second one promises to be even more so. It is hoped that a great many will avail themselves of the privilege of hearing him this evening...