Word: rostrums
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...extraordinary statements of Governor Rolph on the subject of lynching, its advantages and prospects, have brought forth the natural reaction from the press and rostrum, so that the air is quivering with an unusually heavy load of resounding phrases and rhythmic sentiments. The preservation of law and order, respect for the customary procedures of justice, condemnation of mob violence, have all been dragged out of the oratorical closet and fitted to the bow. And very rightly, too. These social attitudes are hard to build up and equally hard to hold; they are well worth emphatic support. But a closer examination...
...from vital accomplishment. Certain topics can best be treated in large lectures; attendance at those should be no more compulsory than graduate attendance at classes in Oxford or Cambridge, and there need not be nearly so many of them as at present. Most material now conveyed from the rostrum would be better obtained from books or discussed in seminars. For the advanced student, the seminar is decidedly the most stimulating method of study and discussion, and Harvard should use it far more. The choice of a field, both for general study and thesis work, needs to be greatly widened. More...
After reading this pleasant book of travel you will be more prone to appreciate the latent qualities, and feel more kindly towards the sometimes stern, dogmatical figure on the rostrum in your lecture hall...
While casting this season in the fast waters of the New York Stock Exchange, Fisherman LaBranche hooked himself badly. From the rostrum of the Exchange it was announced last week that George Michel Lucien LaBranche had been suspended for two years "for conduct or proceedings inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade...
...Legion gave him an uproariously warm welcome. Donning an overseas cap to show his membership in the organization, he stepped up amid a cyclone of cheers to the same Stadium rostrum where 15 months prior he had accepted the Presidential nomination. His easy manner, his smiling charm softened his sternest critic in an audience of 30,000. He drew loud laughter when he interjected: "My, you're a young looking bunch.'' National credit based on national unity was the theme of his speech. In defense of his pension cuts he declared...