Word: speech
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Taft stands for our present forms of government; Theodore Roosevelt '80 advocates direct legislation. Many of the men who have been closest to the ex-president and who greatly admire him personally have found it impossible to subscribe to the doctrines of his Columbus speech. We owe Mr. Roosevelt a great debt for awakening the public conscience in this regard to the illegitimacy of many large fortunes. But the reforms which are necessary can be accomplished best if they are enacted by a conservative representatives body, rather than in the heat of popular passion. The conservatives of the country...
Colleges as a rule are opposed to socialism. They do not deny free speech, but exert their influence against it by pure indifference. In spite of this, however, socialism is slowly bringing about an educational awakening at Harvard, and in some western universities has already made great progress...
Coach Haughton's Speech...
Dean Briggs's Speech...
...Speakers' Club held an open meeting last night in the Lecture Room of Fogg Art Museum for the purpose of discussing "Cultivation in Speech". Professor C. N. Greenough, the first speaker, discussed "The Relation of Oral to Written Composition". He showed that lack of cultivation in speech is usually the cause of poor spelling, a small vocabulary, and monotony in style. Professor W. A. Neilson, speaking on "The Relation of Oral Reading to the Study of English Literature", emphasized the point that poetry can only be truly appreciated when read aloud well. Professor J. H. Ropes spoke on "Good Speech...