Word: speak
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Richard Watson Gilder will speak in the Fogg Art Museum, Monday, March 8, o'clock under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Committee, on "Public Opinion in America." This is a subject that appeals not only to those men who are interested in the problems and work of municipal charities, but to all men trained at a university. Mr. Gilder has given a similar lecture at Yale recently and his coming to Harvard will be appreciated...
...three representative speakers of my childhood there were visible two or three things which are not to be found now. The old type of sonorous oratory has almost gone. In those days men thought they must speak in a sort of architectural way. There was something put upon the speech. It was not sure that everything lay in the speech itself...
Then stop and leave the rest to be moulded in your own mind. Do not write it out. I should advise you never to take a piece of paper before your audience. Remember that if you are to speak without notes everything depends upon the condition of your brain. Keep your mind fresh. Don 't be discouraged after you have made your speech. Practice is the thing you need. The results of public speaking are enormous...
...William E. Russell Democratic Club of Cambridge will give a smoketalk at its rooms, 1 Hyde Block, Central Square, at eight o 'clock this evening. President Eliot will preside. Judge John W. Corcoran of Clinton will speak on "William E. Russell as an exponent of Democratic principles." Members of the University who are interested in the subject are invited to attend...
...WATERS, Sec.ST. PAUL 'S SOCIETY.- There will be a meeting of the society in 17 Grays on Ash Wednesday, March 3, at 7 p. m. Rev. J. L. Tryon will speak to the society. There will be an important report from the committee on outside missionary work. All members of the University are invited...