Word: heard
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Many members of the University will remember with what enthusiasm his account of the Arctic expedition of the "Jeannette" was heard here two years ago. He was the only surviving officer of that memorable expedition and, although the subject is not definitely announced, it is probable that he will speak in continuation of his former address. It will be open to the public...
...reader is at first attracted by the musical metre; but on closer examination the whole thing is seen to be affectation. No one ever yet saw a dead moon, or heard the midnight whir. The epithet windy is beautifully inappropriate for stars...
...seems inevitable that some men should always be dishonorable and selfish enough to abuse the library privileges offered by the University. Year after year complaints are heard of the removal of reserved books from their proper place on the shelves; but though the offense is often discovered, the offender himself always seems to escape detection. This is extremely unfortunate. The number of books reserved, especially in some of the larger courses, is necessarily very small in proportion to the number of students who desire to use them. Inconvenience is fairly sure to result at all times, but it is felt...
...What I hear about our debates is truly surprising and pleases me beyond measure. The men who are heard in the college debates have positive reality and naturalness, and these qualities are always most effective. How often some of us have heard 'Be natural,' 'Meet with force the resistance before you,' 'Speak out straight from the heart,' 'Suit the action to the thought.' Heeding these directions, because they have appealed forcibly to the common sense of those who heard them, Harvard men have become more impressive and convincing on the platform. These qualities have helped immeasurably to our success...
...show you how much impression our debates make throughout the country, only a short time since, I heard from a man in a North Carolina college, asking for help in the question of the debate in which I took part. Only a few days previous to this application, I had a letter from an Illinois college asking for some directions, and last year I got a dozen or more such requests. In the constant growth of college interests, debating and speaking will have a chief place, and the success of the work already done in these matters is heartily recognized...