Word: hear
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...country, and is of valuable aid in placing the great problems of the hour before students whose time for the thorough investigation of these subjects is, for the most part, limited. The club, as its name only indicates, furthers the cause of free trade; but it hopes to hear well-known men on both sides during the winter. The speaker this evening is a man whom Harvard has heard before and who has contributed more or less to the college papers...
...Sever 11, June 10, 1890, at which Mr. Henry L. Higginson addressed the students on "The Soldier's Field." President Eliot's remarks and Major Higginson's letter of gift and his speech are given in full. The pamphlet should be read by all who were unable to hear Major Higginson at the time speak of the sons of Harvard to whom the field is dedicated. Moreover every Harvard man should bear in mind the closing words of the address: "You come to college to learn things of great value besides your games, which, after all, are secondary to your...
...University and for what each one of them is renowned. It is surprising how many men graduate without knowing anything about the members of our various Faculties except about those few with whom they may happen to be thrown in contact at lectures. It is very trying to hear some one speak of a Harvard man whose reputation is national, perhaps even world-wide, and be obliged to admit that one has never heard of the man. If one learns nothing else at college, it is one's duty to be wide-a-wake enough to find out what eminent...
...advantage of a sky light. The floors are of cement and slope down, making the play lively. These courts are a great addition and have but one fault, which, however, is a great one. The walls are so constructed that it is almost impossible for one man to hear another unless he talks in a whisper. Every noise seems lost in a great wave of the echo and sound...
...large audience assembled in Sanders Theatre last evening to hear Professor Royce deliver his third lecture on Modern Thinkers "From Spinoza to Kant...