Word: select
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Gentlemen who appreciate strictly fine work and select patterns, and are willing to pay a trifle more than for ordinary work, are invited to give us a trial order...
...preliminary debate at which any member of the club may speak will be held March 31. Each man will be allowed three minutes any may speak on either side of the question. Three judges, one from the Union, one from the Forum, and one other, will select twenty men at this who will be eligible to speak at the second. The second trial will be held on April 14 and will be conducted as the first, with the exception that each man will be allowed four minutes. The three judges, one of whom will be a member of the Faculty...
...essential is to have his audience follow him. He must then have something to say. Something which must be said. To say this you will want to make some preparation. I should say that this should be of the simplest form. Think over what you want to say; then select three or four points. Let these form a logical order in your mind if possible. If the logical order be impossible, take some other natural order. Then think out for each of these points some good illustration or story. Even a little humor at times is good, but be careful...
...choice of Class Day for the race involves many disadvantages. Seniors, unnecessarily compelled to choose between two events, would naturally select Class Day. Many undergraduates, too, might be expected to choose Class Day. At any rate, the conflict of dates will cause a division of interests, and neither event will be so successful as it otherwise would be. The crew will row its race before a mere handful of Harvard students, and if enthusiastic cheering counts for anything, it will be at a decided disadvantage, and setting the race on Class Day will tend to restore that old indifference towards...
...sake of an imagined advantage, should the crew select of three possible dates, the one which is so little justifiable? Why should it not have more regard for the interests of the student body and for its own interests? For the interests of the crew and the interests of the students are, or at least should be, inseparable. These interests demand that the race be rowed June 23 or June 24, preferably the former. Such a date would not detract from Class Day and would give the crew the support of the students...