Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thought, and to their conceptions of what argument should be. Therefore, a warning should be made in time. We feel obliged to dissent from the statement of the committee: and from our own experience at the debates, we must frankly admit that there is a lamentable carelessness in the manner in which many speeches are delivered. Likewise, the substance of many speeches is either totally irrelevant to the subject, or else the old attempts at witticisms which were considered hackneyed in the college days of our grandfathers are resuscitated, and in their grave clothes are trotted out to the rostrum...
...eighty-seven board to day assumes control of the CRIMSON. Never has the outlook of any board been more favorable. The retiring board merit all praise for the successful manner in which they have fulfilled their work. The paper has steadily increased in circulation throughout the year, not only among the students, but also beyond the college. Yet, notwithstanding the success of the past year, we hope during the coming year to still further increase the usefulness of the CRIMSON. Mention has already been made that a daily communication with the college secretary has been established, and it is hoped...
SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme XII will be due on Thursday, May 20. The choice of subject and of manner of treatment is left to the writer...
...class in extempore speaking, already introduced in one or two colleges, but worthy of wider appreciation." Such a course could not be otherwise than useful and popular at Harvard. Not only would valuable experience be obtained, but also under a sensible and prudent instructor, many faults in voice, manner, and language would be corrected. Thus the student could obtain in college, under favorable conditions, the practice and training which many graduates are obliged to obtain on public occasions, - often to the annoyance of their hearers and their own mortification...
Arrangements have been made with the college secretary by means of which news from the faculty will hereafter be sent to the CRIMSON for publication. This will enable us to present to our readers news of general interest in a more reliable and official manner than has hitherto been possible...