Word: speech
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...smoker given to the Freshman Class by the Union in the Living Room of the Union last night, W. H. Meeker '17 made the first speech of advice to the yearlings. He spoke about the various non-athletic activities in College and the Senior Adviser system. There are lots of other things in College besides athletics. The first thing is Phi Beta Kappa. Next in importance are the various publications. Besides the CRIMSON and Lampoon there are the Advocate, Monthly and the Illustrated, which is the youngest publication in College. Then there is the Musical Review...
...undergraduate body attended the exercises. In the morning there was a service in the chapel, after which everyone formed in a parade which was probably the most significant academic procession in the history of Dartmouth. After this came the invocation, and then the inaugural address. In a masterly speech, the subject of which was "The Future of the American College," the new president propounded his own ideas of the functions and the purpose of the college in this country, and of the influence it should exert upon, and the support it should receive from the men whom it has sent...
Taking up the history of the School where Reverend R. S. Morison had concluded his speech, President Eliot traced if to the present date. In 1852, of the 319 who had been enrolled, only 79, or one fourth of the total came from outside the state of Massachusetts. Of the 240 students coming from within the state only four lived farther west than the Connecticut River, three of these coming from one town...
...foreigners representing 27 countries. This number is always increased later during the first term when special students make their appearance. Europe sends seven students from five countries, Albania, Italy, Hungary, Norway, and Russia, the last-named having two each. The Orient, in which Turkey and Egypt are included by speech if not by geographical lines, is represented by 51 students, China having the lion's share of 35. Japan, Korea, India, are the far-Eastern countries and Turkey, Syria and Egypt the nearer ones. There are some eight Armenians in the school but they are already homed in this country...
...managership--"a manager as valet for each player," as he expressed it. He urged every one to give himself a fair trial as an athlete, and emphasized the value of regular exercise and training. Captain Dadmun spoke of Harvard's reputation for clean sportsmanship and concluded his speech by reading Robert W. Serviss's poem, "Grin...