Word: speak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Both the club and the college are to be congratulated upon Mr. Irving's acceptance of the invitation to speak before the college. Mr. Irving is so wellknown to Harvard men, that he needs no particular introduction to their notice. Both by his long experience upon the stage, and the scholarly attributes of mind which distinguish him as an actor and manager, he is pre-eminently qualified to speak upon the subject of Dramatic Art. The college will await his coming with interest...
...might speak from experience, I should say that the luxuries of our crew were rather few and far between, and that if they could be provided with beds instead of cots, which would not squeak, and wake the whole crew up every time one of its members turned over, and which were long enough to hold a considerably larger fraction of each man, or if the crew could be provided with a few more kitchen chairs with four legs, instead of three, I imagine that they would think that they were really enjoying a few luxuries...
...public schools: "I do not disguise my conviction that the whole theory on which our present educational system is based, is wrong from top to bottom; that the subjects which are now put down as essential, and on which the most stress is laid, are luxuries, so to speak; and that those which are regarded as comparatively unessential, and as luxurious are essentials. For example, it is perfectly possible under the present scheme for a young man to have the most costly education that this country affords him, and to be totally and absolutely ignorant of English literature...
...next meeting of the Harvard Union will be held on Tuesday, March 24th. The debate will be on the following question; Resolved, that members of the President's cabinet should be allowed on the floor of Congress with full powers to speak and vote. Regular disputants have been appointed as follows:- C. A. Strong, '85, and H. Page, '88, affirmative; J. M. Goodale, '85, and L. B. Stedman, '87, negative...
...mere love of work. Instead of being taught how to gloss over an education, received as it is in an unwilling spirit, and carried on during a season of balls, operas, and theatres, skating rinks, etc., in a perfunctory manner, it is the duty of educators to speak out plainly, and to denounce everything that tends to render diplomas worthless, and bring colleges into contempt...