Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Allen appointment brought great sorrow to Vice-President Curtis, his political foe in Kansas Republicanism. Curtis silence was more eloquent than any chundering Senate speech...
...prize of $50 which was offered to the man making the best speech on the question of compulsory arbitration, was awarded to Simonds, with Clark and Windecker receiving honorable mention. The debate is to be held on April 26, the affirmative team debating Princeton here and the negative team traveling to Yale...
...trials, open to all Freshmen, are to be in the nature of four-minute speeches on either side of the question, "Resolved, That the governments of the world should adopt a system of compulsory arbitration in international disputes," which is also question for the debate. A prize of $50 will be awarded to the man delivering the best speech in the trials...
...educational influence of this latest form of entertainment is not confined to foreign parts. If the movies have made the American nation conscious of clothes and polite manners, it is also claimed that the talkies will bring the country's speech to a high standard. Perhaps it is not too much to expect that the talkies will give the American people a solidarity of accent. In the hands of a few producers lies the fate of the nation's tongue...
...high table". The social touch in bringing tutor and student to dine in the same room would be little more than that had at a political luncheon in honor of a candidate for office. There the guest of honor sits at a head table and makes a formal speech, but no new personal contacts are formed...