Word: speake
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fair sized audience gathered in Sever 11 last evening to hear Mr. Thomas Pray speak on the "Cotton Industry." The lecturer opened with an account of the early history of this manufacture. In 1787 the first cotton mill was started in Beverly. At that time to separate the lint from the seeds was the hardest work. This difficulty was removed by the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. About 1810 power looms were put into general use. The speaker then continued to briefly trace the history of the industry down to the present time. During...
...freshman shall speak to a senior with his hat on; or have it on in a senior's chamber, or in his own if a senior be there...
...Divinity Hall lectures will be continued this evening by Prof. W. W. Goodwin, who will speak on "Plato's and Aristotle's Doctrines of the Immortality of the Soul...
Professor James will speak in the Divinity Hall Lecture Course this evening. Subject: "One word about Free-will...
...several desirable changes made. But there still remains one department which is capable of change for the better. This is the bathing department. It has long been a standard complaint that the small stone bathtubs for sponge bathing are far from what they ought to be. Many men speak of this and shun them entirely after a single trial. Yet Dr. Sargent prescribes sponge bathing for many men and if his instructions are to be followed these tubs must be used. The trouble is that they are flat bottomed and do not drain well, so that much of the sediment...