Word: interest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest...
...often a Freshman debating club wastes most of its time on points of order and other academic formalities, and all but the few members who are interested in the highly specialized art of debating become disgusted and drift away. A certain attention of course must be paid to form and procedure, and the development of a Freshman team to meet the Yale freshmen must be considered. Still, a fair proportion of the meetings should be devoted to open discussion of topics which interest not only debaters, but scholars, athletes, and everyone else. This arrangement gives practice in clear thinking...
Congressman Samuel W. McCall, of Winchester, will speak on a subject of present political interest in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The speech will be under the auspices of the Republican Club. All Republicans in the University are requested to assemble in front of Holworthy at 7 o'clock, as there will be a short parade with red-fire torches preceding the lecture, similar to the parade before the last Republican Club address, by Hon. Herbert Parker. The procession will be led by the University band, and by the executive committees...
...taken of presenting philanthropic work to undergraduates and it should aid materially this year. A wrong idea is not uncommonly held as to the function of the committee in charge. The committee's purpose is not to do the work itself--that would be easy and unprogressive--but to interest as many men as possible in the problem of helping along their less fortunate brothers and to develop an enthusiasm for these beneficial and organized movements which are working for the betterment of society...
...Asbury Park, New Jersey, and it was said that this remarkable flight was due in large measure to Mr. Clayton's intimate knowledge of the upper air currents. His experience thus has been practical as well as theoretical and his observations on "Navigating the Air" will be of great interest to all those who appreciate the remarkable advances made in this epoch-making adventure...