Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Roosevelt's anti-war speech at Chicago expressed an indignation, shared by every peace-lover on this continent, at the lawlessness of certain powers in the world today. There are few persons who can stand by and watch innocent women and children slaughtered by mad-dog nations without raising a cry of protest, and this speech crystallized these sentiments of horrified disgust that all American men and women feel...
...President's speech may instill new hope into a much discouraged Europe, if, and only if we will take the initiative either in proposing a concerted plan of action, or in calling a conference to talk over the situation. Although the nobleness of his words will be applauded, Europe is too fatigued and over-wrought to take effective action on her part. As the London Times so bluntly put it, "How can the United States consistently pursue a single policy to keep...
...Harvard well represented. At Williams, Dr. Baxter returns to head his alma mater after seven years here as master of Adams House and as professor of History. His congratulatory address will be given by another great Harvard figure, President-Emeritus A. Lawrence Lowell. Morover, at Cornell, President Conant's speech will help present Dr. Day to his new charges. And to Yale also go Harvard's best wishes as Dr. Seymour replaces retiring Dr. Angell...
...speech on the history of the group, Dana Durand said that the Harvard Mountaineering Club is one of the oldest in the country, founded about 15 years ago, and the oldest such college organization. Dartmouth started one a few years...
High-spot of the two-day conclave was the aggressive speech of Professor Nystrom. Introduced by Chairman Roosevelt Mr. Nystrom, an authority on business trends, lashed out at irresponsibility of labor unions in a way which just as visibly embarrassed the President's son as it delighted the audience. Said he: ". . . There is resistance [on the part of employers], not to collective bargaining per se, but to what lies behind it. Unfortunately, to many employers, it looks as if any invitation, either of labor to management or of management to labor, to sup at a common table is likely...