Word: speech
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this time on he may surely count on the allegiance of every man at the meeting. At the dinner W. W. Taylor '68, president of the Cincinnati Harvard Club, presided and acted as toastmaster. President Lowell, in the words of a prominent graduate, "in a strong, clean-cut, direct speech showed himself to be a man who at once impresses one with the idea that he can be trusted to do for the University the right thing at the right time." He said, "College training must mean something more than the bare intellectual sense. The college...
...short speech in reply to an enthusiastic ovation at the beginning of his lecture in Government 1 yesterday morning, President Lowell emphasized his need of undergraduate co-operation in the carrying out of his plans. He defined his conception of the relation between college and university, which in his judgment should not be separated from each other. President Lowell declared that the ideal which he wished Harvard to attain was the development of men well-trained in every respect...
...final competition last evening for the first and second cups offered by the Speaker's Club for the best original ten-minute speeches on any subject whatever, the first cup was awarded to St. J. Perret '10, who delivered "A Eulogy over the Tomb of Father Turgis, a Chaplain of the Southern Army in the Civil War, on the Occasion of a Reunion of Confederate Veterans." B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 was awarded the second cup for a speech on "Social Life at Harvard." The judges were E. Bernbaum '02, F. W. C. Hersey '99, and A. H. Lyber...
...Lecture Halls this evening at 8 o'clock. J. C. Bills '09, A. S. Ford Sp., St. J. Perret '10, and B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 have been retained from the trials and will compete in the finals tonight. Each contestant will make an original ten-minute speech on any subject whatever, preferably one of University interest...
...will be as follows: H. N. Joyner '09, "An Obstacle," Stetson: H. von Kaltenborn '09, "Gentlemen, the King!" Barr; P. E. Illman '09, "Against Centralization," Grady; F. A. Wilmot '10, "The Man without a Country," Hale; H. M. Potter '10, "The War with America," Pitt; J. L. Merrill '10, "Speech at the Dock on Vindication," Emmet; C. R. Small '09, "The March of the Flag," Beveridge; O. L. M. H. Lyding '09, "The Prisoner of Chillon," Byron; J. E. Waid '10, "Against Warring on the Weak," Crittenden; D. M. Osborne '09, "Toussaint L'Ouverture," Phillips...