Word: manly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Each speaker will be allowed twelve minutes, with five minutes for rebuttal. The three best speakers will be chosen as the University team, and the man who has made the best showing in all three trials will be awarded the Coolidge prize of one hundred dollars...
...Tompkins was the first speaker. He said in part: The social problems cannot be solved except by men who have made them a part of their education and experience. To amount to anything in the world, the educated man must have a strong and healthy interest in the affairs of other men. Mr. Paine, the second speaker, spoke upon the appeal which the needs of the poor in the great cities should make upon the interest of all intelligent men; Harvard men ought to feel what the darker side of life is. Alms are not the whole of charity. Successful...
Professor W. W. Fenn gave a talk last night before the Religious Union in Phillips Brooks House. His subject was "Liberal Religion." He said in part that there are two kinds of education, technical and liberal. The technical education fits a man to do some one thing--it is a means to an end. Liberal education, on the other hand, is itself the end. It is the same with religion. A savage makes his sacrifice or bows before his idol in order to get something in return for his worship. Some Christians consider their religion a means for deliverance. Without...
This idea of liberal religion also contains the idea of tolerance. If religious experience is the sole thing, then creed and dogma are forgotten. A Bhuddist can have as uplifting religious experiences as a Christian. This view makes every man your brother...
...will be retained tonight for the third and last trial on Thursday, and will be divided by lot into two teams. Thus the last trial will be in the form of a regular debate, each man having 12 minutes for an opening speech and five minutes for rebuttal. The three best speakers, whether on the winning side or not, will then become the University team. Harvard has the choice of sides, and the announcement of the choice will be made Thursday night...