Word: manner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...matter of personal experience with most of us. The average college man does not pronounce his words plainly and is ordinarily embarrassed if asked to read aloud or to speak extempore on any subject. Reading aloud counteracts all these evils and cultivates in men an easy attractive manner. Every man who cares to improve himself in this most important regard will find the lecture tonight well worth his consideration...
This morning Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus, Ohio, begins his term of service at Appleton Chapel. Those who attended the chapel exercises last year when he was with us will remember with the greatest pleasure the simple, earnest manner in which he speaks.- Dr. Gladden is not a great orator, but he has qualities which fit him for personal influence over the students. When he speaks he always impresses his hearers with his own manhood. His manner is in the style of conversation and his words are always spoken at the congregation rather than over their heads. We bespeak...
Cornell has just completed her first twenty-five years of existence and this she celebrated in a fitting manner on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Depew...
President Rand spoke first and explained the manner in which the association will conduct its meetings during the coming year. There will be one class of gatherings intended primarily to give men a chance to meet and know each other; a second class which will be addressed by different professors; and a third which will be conducted solely by members of the association...
...could otherwise, but it also offers an opportunity for work to those who desire it. The table service is performed by students whose hours of labor are determined by the governing board of the club. It is the purpose of this committee to divide the work in such a manner that those students who have been longest in the employ of the club shall receive the greatest benefit. The waiters are paid by the hour, and their weekly compensation varies according to their working hours...