Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...communication, urging the establishment of a course in stenography, which we publish this morning, we think voices the opinion of a large body of students in college. We spoke editorially, some time ago, of the need of such a course, not only as a great aid to men in their note-taking in college, but especially as valuable for such as intend to make the law or journalism a profession. We understand that the faculty would not be willing to have such a course count for a degree, on the ground that such an accomplishment is not part...
...lecturer spoke of the aids to naturalism which improvements in stage mechanism had been, and told of the amusing efforts of actors to be in the "focus" of the old-style footlights. He then proceeded to speak of elocution as an aid to the actor. "The study of elocution is necessary for the acting art. The advice of the old actors was that the voice should be pitched so as to allow the top galleries to hear. This idea has passed away. An actor must be natural, but to be natural he must be broader than nature. One always listens...
...captains of the Cambridge, (Eng.), University crew, and foot-ball team have both decided to go out to China as independent missionaries after graduation. At a recent meeting at Cambridge, both these gentlemen spoke of the motives which had influenced them...
...following members spoke from the floor: affirmative, Storrow, '87; Duane, '88; Furber, '87; Rich, '87; Robinson, '85; J. W. Richardson, 86; negative; Bailey, '88; Dana, L. S.; Merriam, '86; Sternbergh, '87. The vote on the merits of the question was affirmative 24, negative, 7; on the weight of argument of principal disputants; affirmative, 12; negative, 14. The debate as a whole was decided in the affirmative...
When the debate was thrown open to the house, a very large number of gentlemen spoke from the floor, more than have ever before spoken at a Union debate. The following are the names of these gentlemen: affirmative, Messrs. Stedman, '87, Davis, '85, Robinson, '87, Hamilton, '87, McAfee, '87, Webster, '85, Hobson, '86, Rich, '87, Whittemore, '85, Griffin, '88. Negative, Garrison, '88, Hobbs, '85, Loeb, '88, Robinson, '85, Morrison, '87, Bliss, '88, Halbert, '85, Richardson, '86, Knapp, '87, Lloyd, '86, Sternberg, '87, and Truslow, '87. The vote on the merits of the debate as a whole stood, affirmative, 13; negative...