Word: speaker
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President Eliot was the first speaker of the evening. Never has a year begun since the inauguration of the plan of exchange professors under such favorable auspices as has this one. Professor Kuehnemann is singularly welcome because we are acquainted with him and with his work. The visiting professor is as one of the Faculty, because his courses count for a degree. So it was with Professor Davis in Berlin when he went over as exchange professor...
Professor Kuehnemann was the last speaker. He had always felt it his duty, he said, to impress the power and personality of President Eliot and of the University on every one. It had been hard to decide to come over here for the second time and to leave Germany; but his sense of duty called him. He wished to spread the knowledge of what Germany had done in literature and what her great figure stood for among the young men of this country. To them, as the new generation, is his mission...
After Mr. Parker's speech, K. S. Cate '09 was unanimously elected treasurer of the club, to take the place of H. Gray '09, resigned. The club expects in the near future to have Mr. L. A. Frothingham '93 as a speaker in the Union...
Professor Palmer, the second speaker, devoted himself to the subject of college chapel. Its value is three-fold: it cultivates the habit of punctuality by giving definiteness to the first hours of the day; it is an intellectual stimulus; it provides a religious stimulus. L. K. Lunt speaking for the undergraduates, urged appreciation of the opportunities offered here and warned against hasty judgments or harsh censure...
Since there were no rival clubs to compete for the Pastcur Medal this year, it was decided to award it to the best speaker in a debate, both teams for which were chosen by trials open to all members of the College. This debate was held on December 13, 1907, on a subject chosen with the approval of the French Department: "Resolved, That the French government was justified in passing the Separation Act." G.I. Lewis '08, A.C. Lurie '09, and P.L. Butler '09 were chosen to speak on the affirmative; and A. Horwitz '10, D. Haar '11, and C.H. Raymond...