Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Professor Langdell, the Dean of the Law School, is shown by the following significant fact brought to our attention by the last Nation. Mr. Gerard B. Finch, the new law lecturer at Cambridge, England, has adopted Prof. Langdell's method of lecturing by cases. In his inaugural address he spoke in hearty terms of this method, and of the general excellence of the Harvard Law School. A short extract from this address will be of interest to our readers...
About thirty plates were set, and after the menu had been served, the toast master, Mr. J. N. Baxter, called for the speeches. Joseph A. Sewall, President of the State University, spoke eloquently of Harvard. The grand old school, he said, was never old and never would be. Its history was rapidly reviewed and the leading part its students had taken in all great National movements. At its close, Rev. Thomas Van Ness made some humorous remarks on the various characteristics of Harvard, ironically referring to those 'fresh water colleges' which did not enjoy the advantages...
...large and enthusiastic audience greeted Mr. O. W. Holmes, Jr., last evening. The hall was crowded and very many would be listeners were turned away. Judge Holmes spoke for an hour most eloquently and wittily. He said that he feared that he would be too enthusiastic in praise of his chosen profession. The first platitude of his discourse was that the law is a very good profession to go from. It has many doors, leading into politics, commerce, and the ministry even. It is the art or subject matter of science, or of several sciences...
...meeting of the Reform Club in Boston on Saturday evening, Prof. Taussig spoke on the "Continuation of Silver Coinage." Gen. F. A. Walker of the Institute of Technology also spoke on the same subject. A letter from Mr. Edward Clark was read...
...Wednesday evening the Nineteenth Century Club of New York, held a discussion on "Religion in Colleges." President Eliot and President McCosh, of Princeton, were the principal speakers. President Eliot spoke in the main as follows...