Word: spoke
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Junior team spoke in better form, built up a strong case, and succeeded in discovering a serious inconsistency in the opposing team's argument. The judges of the debate were, Judge A. P. Stone '93, S. L. Garrison 1L., and C. Collier 1G.B...
...evening was such a complete success that those in charge have felt encouraged to repeat the experiment next year, and perhaps during the Christmas holidays. The attendance was large, and the entertainment interesting and in keeping with the occasion. Mr. Hersey read some selections from Merrick and Dean Briggs spoke briefly. There was music by a Glee Club and an instrumental trio; and an under graduate magieian and a graduate cutionist added to the variety of a very pleasant evening...
...Gardner '10 spoke briefly, warning the men against overconfidence and indifference. He declared, however, that if he had ever seen a team that merited support it was Captain Wendell's team. The fact that the press has given most attention to the star backfield does not in the least detract from the record and ability of a light, but fast and aggressive line. If Harvard wins on Saturday the line will be responsible as much as the backfield...
Among other things he spoke of the general culture of the people in the Southern nations, Latin America is too unjustly thought of by the rest of the world, and does not deserve the ridicule which is often heaped upon it. Contrary to popular belief, its inhabitants are not mentally inert, and stagnant in action. Those who travel there are surprised at the intellectual vigor displayed in matters of science, literature, and judicial culture. It is true that this activity has as yet no solid foundation, and that the masses need to be further educated. But this end is being...
...conclusion, Major Finley spoke of the immense importance of the Philippines to the United States both in their large area of over 800,000 square miles, immensely rich in natural resources, and as the key to our commercial expansion in the Orient. He said that for humanitarian, if for no other reasons, the army should remain in the Islands for many years to come, and that while the Moros were a race with many remarkable characteristics, they were in no way suited for self government, being accustomed to and respecting only a power which combined the civil and military control...