Word: givings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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BOTANY I.- Professor Goodale will give an illustrated lecture on the means of collecting and preserving botanical specimens, on Saturday morning, May 9, at 10 o'clock, in the Nash Lecture Room...
...contribute. Especially is to be remembered that, excepting Memorial Hall, all of the buildings erected at Harvard in our time have been given or bequeathed by individuals singly; men with means, who wish to build a monument either to themselves, or some other, prefer, and naturally prefer, to give all, rather than to have their partial contributions merged unidentified in a general subscription. It is in no way improbable, therefore, that some benefactor may present himself, or be found, who, by endowing the University Club, will associate his name, or that of another, permanently with Harvard, and will secure...
...lead cheering, as they now appoint the ushers? The men who are chosen for this important service will not look upon it as a hardship, if they are the right sort of men, but rather as an honor. Cheering alone will not win a game, but it will give the players heart and snap, and the more uphill the game, the greater is the need of enthusiastic applause...
...reason for this is doubtless that they had given little attention to detail in the matter of delivery when they were preparing. A skillful instructor in elocution was ready and anxious to help them, but either because they thought themselves sufficiently prepared, or because they did not care to give the time, the debaters neglected to avail themselves of his assistance, and as a result their form was not good...
...University appreciates fully the conscientious work of these men, and understands that they gave all the time they had to the preparation of their arguments. It is not this that we criticize, but rather the method of preparation. They did not have the time to give to preparing the delivery of their speeches, because they gave all their time to the substance of what they intended to say. This was a mistake, and this is what should be guarded against at another time. The actual presentation of the argument, the way in which a debater stands and talks, is exceedingly...