Word: spoke
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...John G. Brooks of Brockton, who has spoken in Cambridge several times this year, spoke in Boston, Wednesday evening, on "Wages and the Tariff." He gave the average daily wages of the different nations as follows: United States, $1.25; England, 68 cents; Holland, 42 cents; France, 40 cents; Switzerland, 35 cents; Italy, 22 cents; Russia, 20 cents: Turkey, 20 cents...
There was the usual large attendance at Vespers yesterday afternoon. The service was conducted by Rev. George A. Gordon, assisted by Dr. F. G. Peabody. Mr. Gordon spoke briefly from the text,- "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth." To get a vivid idea of God and of our duty toward Him, we must keep him in our hearts from our youth up. The days of childhood are days of impressions. As we grow older our perceptions become duller, and our lives are less easily molded. Wax must be stamped when it is warm. Whenever a man raises...
...rest of the United States. The unity of this country would be broken. Reciprocity with Canada in return for fishing privileges is by far the best way to deal with the question. The debate was then thrown open to the house, but only a few of those present spoke from the floor. On the merits of the question, the vote was: Affirmative, 20; negative, 13; on merits of the disputants, affirmative, 10; negative, 16. On the debate as a whole, affirmative, 5; negative, 12. The question for the next meeting is, "Resolved, That the intercollegiate contests of Harvard should...
...recent hearing before the committee of the Massachusetts Legislature on education, in regard to the bill relating to the schooling of children and the supervision of public and private schools, President Eliot spoke very earnestly against that portion of the bill which imposes upon the public school authorities the duty of approving private schools. He alluded particularly to the effect this provision would have upon the relations of the Catholic and the Protestant portions of the community. The breach between the two divisions of the population should be closed as much as possible; but the inevitable tendency...
President Eliot spoke yesterday afternoon before the State legislative committee on the Private School and Child Labor questions...