Word: spoke
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Emil G. Hirsch of the University of Chicago, lectured last night in the Fogg Lecture Room on "The Talmud." He spoke in part as follows...
...second lecture on Trusts last night, Professor Jenks spoke of "Methods of Organization and Management," dwelling especially upon the operations and the responsibilities of the promoter. In the first place, the promoter must be a man who understands thoroughly every phase of the business in which he intends to form a combination; he must of course have a wide reputation for honesty, and be an able solicitor. Ordinarily a large proportion of the capital of a concern is in the form of plants. Here the problem comes up as to how much stock shall be issued for this...
...lecture given yesterday by M. Henri de Reguler was on "French Poets in Belgium." He spoke, briefly, as follows...
...Sciences has suffered a very serious loss--a loss that is irreparable for those of us who turned to him when they sought an adviser gifted with unusual sagacity, fairness of mind and quickness of sympathy. In the Faculty he held a unique position. At our meetings he spoke rarely, even while he was Dean; but when he did speak, whether in an official or an unofficial capacity, he was listened to with deferential attention, for we all knew that he weighed his words, and that what he had to say would be to the point and would advance business...
Principal Amen was the first speaker of the day. He showed that the first three years of preparatory school work are over-crowded, and spoke of various methods by which a much-needed change could be made...