Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...respect for the memory of the late Mr. Strauss, no recitation was held in German 5, last Wednesday morning. Professor Bartlett, before dismissing the class, spoke of the high regard in which he had always held the deceased student. Mr. Strauss, but a day or two previous to his death, had presented a theme on "Faust." In the paper, his thorough conscientiousness and accuracy were shown...
...Cummings, '87, delivered last week in Malden a lecture entitled, "A Year in Europe." The local press spoke very highly...
President Porter in his recent lecture on law as a profession, spoke of the studies which a man should excel in who studies for that profession, and also of the power of rapid thought and coolness, which are necessary for the study and practice of law, being two different things. In such a country as our own this profession offers great advantages to one who has political aspirations. Almost every one who wishes to engage in a political career thinks it necessary to enter it by means of the law. The financial and social inducements are also strong, not that...
...Higginson spoke first. He did not think drinking intoxicants a sin in itself, like murder and theft. Nobody can call it such a sin. Some claim that intoxicants sharpen the wits, which is not so, and is couriously inconsistent with common facts. Often at our dinners the brightest speeches are made by the cold water men. Following are reasons for total abstinence, (1) every young man should seek to make the best of himself and avoid all the risks (which are great) of intemperance; (2), he should aim at simplicity of habits, striking the key of his life moderately...
...Livermore was greeted with enthusiastic applause. She spoke both clearly and forcibly. During the war the greatest care was taken in examination of the recruits. Trifling defects had debarred many from the service. So young men to-day entering into the war of life may be kept from success by small temptations and weakness. The struggle of life requires physical and brain power, as well as the loftiest kind of morality. Drinking is more a sin against self, a sin like gluttony, licentiousness. The brain not only rules the body but it is dependent upon the body; so that...