Word: spoke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reception at the University Club Thursday evening, Mr. Dillon, president of the Harvard Club of St. Louis, spoke hearty words of welcome, and assured the members of the clubs that they would be hailed with great enthusiasm at the concert on the following evening. His words were proved true. Entertainment Hall was filled with a brilliant audience. So much was expected of the students, that they put forth every effort to please and with the exception of a little hesitancy due perhaps to incipient stage fright, the concert was a complete success. The hall made singing difficult on account...
...Lord." Prayer was offered by Rev. Alexander McKenzie. The congregation read responsively Psalm xxvii. Mr. Geo. W. Watts of Boston then sang a tenor solo by Sterndale Bennett, entitled "His salvation is nigh unto them that hear Him." His singing is worthy of unusual comment. Rev. Phillips Brooks then spoke of the three notable visits which Christ made to the Temple: the first as a child when He was recognized as a child of God, the second, when He was found disputing with the doctors; the third, when He cleansed the temple. These visits represent three periods...
...Griffing, '89, then spoke for the negative. Woman comes out of her natural sphere when she takes part in political affairs. Her place is at home -a position given her by divine sanction-and when she assumes man's work she acts in opposition to nature...
...Krebs, L. S., then spoke for the negative. There are three reasons why women should not vote, namely: Because of their religious fanaticism, their ignorance, their inability to perform the duties of citizens. Woman is controlled in her actions by prejudices, passions, and sympathy, and therefore cannot be trusted to affairs of high import...
...results of the investigatios of the committee. He said that the mediums claimed that certain conditions had to be fulfilled in order for the seance to be a success, and as the committee also imposed conditions, only eight or ten sittings had been attended with satisfactory results. He spoke of the numbers of humbugs which had been exposed, and said that, to his knowledge, there were only two in Boston at present, one of whom had already been shown up and the other would be shortly...