Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first requisite in public speaking, he said, is thorough acquaintance with every phase of the subject. The precept which the young lawyer is most apt to disregard is the importance of knowing his opponent's side of the case with the same thoroughness as his own. Clearness, simplicity of language and conciseness are invaluable qualities in public speaking. The last-named in particular is an indispensable asset in stump speaking. A good rule is to have something to say, say it briefly, and sit down...
...such as that in which they are now engaged. Some of them prepared for law, others for teaching, and one or two for accountancy. Yet today it is doubtful if one of them would exchange the problems with which he is now dealing for a more remunerative post as lawyer, teacher, or accountant...
...proportionate amount of recognition within the University. How many men who intend to take up law are willing to try for even one team while they are in College? The preparation and delivery of a debate--especially the speeches in rebuttal--will be of great advantage to a lawyer, and less obviously to any man whose vocation demands quick and logical thinking...
...University Debating Council has issued invitations to some dozen graduates, prominent in business or in professional practice to speak in Dane Hall at some time during the months of December, January and February. The speeches will be on topics connected with debating, such as the professional elocution of a lawyer, and will be open to all members of debating clubs in the University...
Solomon Lincoln '57, L.'64, a prominent lawyer of Boston, died Wednesday of grippe, at the age of 69. Mr. Lincoln was made an Overseer of Harvard College in 1882, and served several years as President of the Board, in 1902 declining a re-election. He had been president of the Bar Association of Boston, belonged to the American Bar Association, and in 1899 was chosen president of the board of trustees of the Boston Public Library, which office he held at the time of his death...