Word: manners
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Seminary is affiliated with Harvard University, not merged with it, as has been reported. Andover students become ipso facto Harvard students and can take Harvard courses towards Andover degrees, while Harvard students may also take Andover courses towards University degrees. Andover professors and Harvard teachers likewise in the same manner co-operate with the corresponding institution...
...string across the animal's path and when it was touched a flashlight was set off which at the same time released the shutter on a camera, placed in an advantageous position. In this way pictures were obtained which it would have been impossible to get in the ordinary manner...
...Howe played the difficult part of Mrs. Alexander-Smith deftly; the manner in which she gazed after the guest who first put the thought of Newport into her mind, and the pretty and yet commanding petulance with which she managed her dependents, including her husband, were admirable. Mr. Duncan. as the impudent undergraduate "with occasional gleams of intelligence," was noteworthy: and so were the footmen and the buttons, Messrs. Lord, Hodges, and Hackes. The Misses MacKaye and Clark played the ladies from Everywhere and from Breezeboro with convincing ease. Professor Winthrop, a part easily overacted, was presented...
...English spoken in the United States is made up of many dialects, and we can tell at once where a man comes from by his manner of speech. With the negroes, however, there are 12 distinct dialects, which the ordinary American cannot distinguish. Mr. Smith paid a warm tribute to Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chandler Harris for adding a unique page to English literature. Negro faithfulness cannot be overrated. In the old days the southerners entrusted the protection of their wives, mothers, sweethearts and daughters to negroes. Today the newspapers are filled with accounts of their atrocious crimes. This...
...Thursday, December 15, at 8 o'clock. Each man will speak for ten minutes on the subject "The Principle of Ministerial Responsibility in its Relation to the French Parliamentary System." In judging these speeches, not only the logic and clear presentation of the subject, but also the general knowledge, manner of delivery and the literary style of the competitor will be considered...