Word: speech
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...aware, the freedom of speech of neither the professors nor the students in an American university is limited, nor are they themselves subject in their utterances to the direction of the authorities. On the contrary, we have endeavored to maintain the right of all members of the University to express themselves freely, without censorship or supervision by the authorities of the University, and have applied this rule impartially to those who favor Germany, and those who favor the Allies--to the former in the face of a pretty violent agitation for muzzling professors by Alumni of the University and outsiders...
...should lose its "fairness and good will" toward Germany, it will be such as Professor Meyer who are to blame. No University likes to be taken sharply to task for what, if it is a fault at all, is a microscopic one; or to have its right of free speech criticized by one whose ideals of free speech are as Teutonic as Professor Meyer...
Thirty candidates reported last night at the preliminary trials for the Freshman debating team. Seventeen candidates were retained for the next trial to be held in Harvard 6 next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock, when each will deliver a ten-minute speech. They will speak at that time in the following order: W. L. Prosser, H. S. Walker, M. L. Levine, E. G. Stanwood. E. Copeland, N. Muskin, A. J. Keele, W. S. Murphy, P. Benton, D. Davis, G. L. Howe, E. Weissbuch, C. Wyche, J. S. Dole, L. Brentano, J. Coggeshall, Jr., W. M. Silverman...
...subject this year is, "Resolved, That the French claims to Alsace-Lorraine are paramount." Candidates should come prepared to give a five-minute speech on either side of the question. All undergraduates are eligible. At the first trial twelve men will be retained. At the second trial five-minute speeches will also be given, five men being selected. At the final trial, fifteen-minute speeches will be allowed. A list of references bearing on the subject will be posted in lower Harvard this week...
This evening's meeting will be conducted according to the following rules: Speeches will be limited to five minutes, at the end of which time the chairman will take a vote as to whether the speaker may continue or not. All those who favor military camps will sit on the chairman's right, and those opposed to them on his left. In the centre there will be a small section for neutral persons. At the end of a speech anyone may change sides, without necessarily admitting that he has been won over, merely to show his approval of the speech...