Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large audience, composed largely of college men, completely filled Tremont Temple last evening to hear Mr. Bowen's lecture on Harvard. The lecture was highly interesting, and Mr. Bowen was frequently interrupted with applause. The views, notably those from the Lampoon, were very good, although the operator of the stereopticon seemed a novice in his trade. Altogether the lecture was a great success, and, it is to be hoped, will turn many students to Harvard...
...audience which assembled last evening in Sever 11 to hear Mr. E. L. Godkin's first lecture on Free Trade was suggestive only of the audiences which listened last fall to Prof. Thompson's lectures on Protection. The subject of Mr. Godkin's first lecture was "Reason why free trade has not made greater advances." In the United States, Russia and Germany, protection never flourished more than in the last twenty-five years. Americans are substantially protectionists to-day. Protection has grown. England's free trade policy was due to a search for cheaper food and a zealous attack against...
...students who are as yet unacquainted with the music of the choir boys, will have an opportunity to hear them in Lyceum Hall, April 16th, as they are one of the attractions of a concert to be given in aid of the Cambridge hospital...
...illustrate some maxim of the actor's art were met with responsive laughter. The lecture as a whole was worthy of the distinguished artist by whom it was delivered, and the lesson it taught will surely not be lost upon those who were so fortunate as to hear...
...style footlights. He then proceeded to speak of elocution as an aid to the actor. "The study of elocution is necessary for the acting art. The advice of the old actors was that the voice should be pitched so as to allow the top galleries to hear. This idea has passed away. An actor must be natural, but to be natural he must be broader than nature. One always listens to the elocution of Edwin Booth with the greatest pleasure. In pronunciation an actor should not follow the dictionary, but the emotions. Pronunciation is to the actor what color...