Word: speech
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...memorial tablet to the Harvard men who fell in the Spanish War was unveiled in the Union yesterday. Professor I. N. Hollis h.'99 presided at the exercises and introduced Mr. Henry James, Jr., '99, who made the presentation. His speech, in part, was as follows...
...speech at the CRIMSON dinner President Lowell said, "I have a contempt for any young man who has not some of the seriousness of maturity about him...." We have not a doubt that the seriousness, and the ideas, too, are here, but they are as a rule cleverly concealed from the vulgar public eye, at least, so far as the College papers are concerned. With so many interesting problems about us, it is a pity that more men will not "come out of their shells" and express their ideas in print...
...selections of the prize winners were as follows: W. G. Beach '11, "The Sword of Ferrara," McLennan; F. Stern '11, "Speech of Sergeant Buzfuz," Dickens; E. A. Bemis '11, "The Courtship of Miles Standish," Longfellow; G. L. Harding '10, "Roberts's Speech to the Strikers in Strife," Galsworthy; C. J. Cudahy '10, "Speech of Mark Anthony," Shakespeare...
...When the Duke of Wellington became Chancellor of Oxford he expressed regret at being forced into contact with so many literary men; and for the same reason I feel in an uncomfortable position. I shall now become serious despite the fact that when a speech loses its humor, as Dr. Gordon said, it becomes immoral...
Provided competent instructors can be secured, there are many arguments in favor of having two section meetings a week, and not least among these is the opportunity for teaching the use of books. In his speech before the New England Federation of Harvard Clubs, President Lowell made the following remarks about Freshmen and the use of books...