Word: spoke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made a somewhat lengthy introductory address, in which he said that the institute, whose representatives were to address the meeting, was founded on a principle and for a purpose essentially the same as our own university. He was followed by W. H. Daggs, a graduate of the school, who spoke of the advance of the negro since his emancipation twenty five years ago; yet he said that the vast mass of the population is still in dense ignorance. What is asked for the negro is not mere rights, he has all the rights of American citizens, but more light...
...spoke a few days ago of the great part which the daily newspapers of our large cities have in fostering feelings of distrust and enmity between the prominent colleges. An instance of this comes to hand at a very fitting moment. On Monday last the Boston Globe published certain facts about Columbia and Yale colleges, as coming from reliable sources. We at once telegraphed to Yale, asking if there was any truth in the statements as printed. As no reply was received, we republished parts of the articles in question, making some editorial comment on them. Yesterday morning a dispatch...
...August, 1869, the Times in its account of the Harvard-Oxford race, spoke of the "Ah! Ah!-Ah!" of the American college men. A letter to the Nation comments on this, and attacks the college for its abandonment of the "fine old lung" cheer (Hurrah), and its adoption of this "mouth-cheer, without either force or dignity." This brings out better several answers in strong support of our present cheer. The arguments or impressions of the writers are hardly interesting, except from what they say of the origin of the "Rah!" cheer, as follows: "In 1864 the college turned...
...service in bringing together the instructors and students and in making their mutual intercourse more intimate, and more valuable to both. A change like this in the spirit of our college life would do much to help Harvard in the opinion of the outside world. Prof. Barrett Wendell, who spoke from the floor, laid stress upon the importance of making the fees small, and advocating the admission to the club of all good students of one year's standing...
Sever 11 was filled with an audience which had come to listen to what proved to be a truly delightful and very instructive lecture on the "Various influences affecting the development of Greek Art." Professor Waldstein spoke without the use of notes and his delivery was marked by a pleasing conversational tone...