Word: reads
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remarkable progress. In the last ten years, the number of negro farmers has increased 19 per cent., while the increase of white farmers is only 9 per cent. Again, at the time of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation only 3 per cent. of the negroes in the United States could read or write, whereas now over 57 per cent. can,--a higher average than many countries of Europe can boast...
...Boston Society of Medical Sciences will meet in the Amphitheatre of Building D of the Medical School, Longwood avenue, this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Papers will be read by Drs. W. B. Cannon '96, H. A. Christian p.'03, R. S. Hoskins, A. T. Shohl, R. M. Smith, I. C. Walker, A. L. Washburn and W. S. Wright. The meeting will be open to members of the University and of the medical profession...
...Speech". Professor C. N. Greenough, the first speaker, discussed "The Relation of Oral to Written Composition". He showed that lack of cultivation in speech is usually the cause of poor spelling, a small vocabulary, and monotony in style. Professor W. A. Neilson, speaking on "The Relation of Oral Reading to the Study of English Literature", emphasized the point that poetry can only be truly appreciated when read aloud well. Professor J. H. Ropes spoke on "Good Speech in General Education". He pointed out especially that the faculty of good speaking is invaluable to a man in whatever profession or business...
...minutes of the secretary were read and accepted, and the following amendment to the constitution was passed...
...since 1903, when the score was 29 to 0 in favor of Harvard, has the University team rolled up such a score against Brown as it did in the Stadium on Saturday afternoon. When the last whistle blew, the scoreboard read 20 to 6 in favor of the home team. Then those who had seen the smoothness and power of the Harvard attack, the speed of the Harvard ends, and the bed-rock stability of the Harvard defence, even against the most open of open games, began to realize that at last the team had come into...