Word: speake
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...several questions submitted by the executive committee, the following was chosen for the next debate, which will probably be held on March 19: Resolved, That members of the President's Cabinet should be allowed on the floor of Congress with full powers to speak and vote...
...votes may be true of expressions of undergraduate sentiment, ends that are very desirable, every one who has thought of the subject, and every one who feels that his opinion goes to make up the opinion of the college, should be in Sever 11, this evening, and should speak and vote as one interested in the welfare of our university, and alive to the great question that bears so directly upon...
...only presents the lecturer himself, but adds as well all the magnetic power of the lecturer. Herein is a great advantage, for Snodkins can, in his own room, commune with his instructor. How are written notes to be compared with this almost living lecturer! The sketch will speak to Snodkins just as one of the paintings of the old masters speaks to the world...
Cornell has established a course in elocution. It seems as though the colleges at large were beginning to realize how important a part elocution plays in the modern education. Few have the advantage of being able to speak to the point, but no one should be ignorant of how to use the voice, and by it make up for his lack of matter...
...walk that borders on a run; begins to talk almost before he reaches his box, and often before he has taken off his coat or his gloves. The manner of lecturing is as varied as the individuality of the lecturer. A few sit quietly and read written lectures, some speak with few notes, and some with no notes at all. Few make any attempt at oratorical effect, and as the students' eyes are generally on the note books, such an attempt would be largely wasted. One lecturer, who is quite near sighted, lays his manuscript on the high desk before...