Word: speech
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...cups have been presented anonymously to the Speakers' Club, to be given to the two members of the club making the best ten-minute speeches. The first trials for the cups will be held in the New Lecture Hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Each contestant will make an original five-minute speech on any subject, preferably one of University interest...
Under the title of "The White Bear of Norway," Mr. H.G. Leach gives a somewhat journalese account of Bjornson and his struggle to form a national language in Norway. One can only hope that Mr. Leach is not a good reporter; according to him Bjornson admits that the rural speech he is trying to suppress is more beautiful than that of the cities, which he is trying to force on all, but maintains that the future of Norway, "like the future of all other nations, is to be industrial, and the language of industry is the language of the cities...
...Crothers h. '99 made the final speech of the evening. He advocated a newly planned graduate school for the purpose of retrogressive re-education for men who had obtained the degree of Ph.D. His plans were to have these men met by Freshman advisors and conducted through a course of re-education. Men who knew everything about subjects which nobody else knew anything about would be taught to think like other people. In this way they might at the end of a full course, be turned out youths of promise who were, indeed, likely to fulfill that promise...
President Taft spoke last. His speech was devoted entirely to a eulogy of President Eliot, the ideals of education and the fostering of the university spirit for which he has stood. He designated him "the head of the educational movement of the last 40 years." He caused an outburst of applause by professing his complete endorsement of ex-Secretary Root's tribute, adding "and especially do I share every word Senator Root has said concerning what may happen to Dr. Eliot in the future." President Taft then commented upon President Eliot's character and ability to administer, and the high...
...forms a large basis for American institutions. The main features of the ancient Jewish government were the division of authority into legislative, judicial, and executive bodies; the existence of two representative bodies, the Great Congregation and the Council of Elders; the first constitutional king known to history; freedom of speech; free industrial education provided by law; and an established church, to which membership and support were optional. The Levitical Code was regulative, not mandatory. It did not require worship, but prescribed absolute forms for those who chose to worship or to make sacrifices. Blasphemy was a capital offense, being considered...