Word: phases
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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...
...Andre Tardieu will deliver the fourth of his series of lectures on "La France et les Alliances" this afternoon in Sanders Theatre at 4.30 o'clock. The phase of the subject to be considered today is "Le Conflit des Alliances," Seats will be reserved for ticket-holders until...
...course it is impossible to lay down any strict rules, but a few suggestions may be of assistance. No man can go through Harvard without changes in his point of view a broadening of his faculties, and new ideas on every phase of life. These are the points that may be brought out. Specific facts are wanted, but a little thought on the bearing of each important event in the formation of character and tastes will make the record far more interesting and useful. Influence of schooling, friends, room-mates, instructors or undergraduate undertakings, are all points of the utmost...
...Eliot to the Christmas Eve reception in Phillips Brooks House. One often feels in our academic life the almost total lack of personal contact and fellowship with the older men of our community; and the comparatively few attempts which meet with any success at all in opening up this phase of life which is so full of benefit for both the mature and the growing members of the University, stand out quite uniquely. It is difficult to analyze the causes of this condition of affairs, but in the main we believe that both students and Faculty are to blame with...
...will be the guest this evening of the Boston Merchants' club, which will hold its annual meeting and dinner at the Algonquin club at 6.30 o'clock. Booker T. Washington h.'96 will speak on "The Negro as a Laberer" and President Eliot is to speak on some other phase of the same subject...