Word: spoke
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Professor Palmer spoke of the essential religious quality in all men and the difficulties of its expression in the College community. The place for the manifestation of the innermost feelings is the Chapel and there are arguments both for and against compulsory attendance. Between the years of 18 and 22, the natural course for a young man to take is that of doubt in his religion. Make Chapel attendance voluntary and he holds back but make it compulsory and he attends, clearing his doubts and returning refreshed. It is necessary that this doubt should exist and men come forth from...
...Mitchell, fornierly Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, gave the first of his two lectures on "Business Cycles" yesterday afternoon. He spoke of the business cycles as the succession of steps between crisis, business depression, a new period of reviving activity and back to crisis again...
...Walling spoke of the condition in the German Reichstag as showing the position of Socialism at the present time. In this body, the Socialists possess nearly one-third of the votes but can excert little influence because they are situated outside the other parties. A third party to old the balance of power must be situated between the others, and this is not the case with Socialism, Mr. Walling concluded his remarks by stating the position Socialism. Mr. Walling concluded his remarks by stating the position Socialists should take. As they cannot at present expect to exert any material influence...
...Walling then spoke of the Socialists position towards society. It is the aim of Socialism to abolish class rule to destroy 'hierarchical government, and to establish a condition where there are no superimposed classes. The means of accomplishing this are partly political and partly financial; political, through strikes...
Miss Helen Todd, of San Francisco, spoke in Emerson D last evening on the work of the women of the West against the child-labor conditions of Illinois and the condition of the judiciary in San Francisco. Miss Todd, through her connection with Hull House in Chicago, has gathered her facts concerning the working classes t first hand, and s factory inspector in Illinois she learned of the disgraceful treatment of children in the glass factories of that state...