Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Long tables were arranged obliquely along the sides of the room, with round tables in the space between and the head table at the West end of the room. E. P. Currier spoke in the place of L. K. Lunt, who was unavoidably called away from Cambridge. The other speakers were F. H. Burr and A. S. Cable...
Professor Joseph H. Beale, Jr., '82, of the Law School, spoke in the Living Room of the Union last night under the auspices of the Political Club on "Government of Cities by Commission...
...Frothingham spoke largely on political principles, outlining what the people really expect of a man in political life. The only thing that induced him to enter politics, he remarked, was that the machine said he could not win; in the same way many apparently one-sided issues, when left to the people, are decided in a wholly unexpected manner. Sincere and helpful criticism of men and institutions with which the young politician comes in contact, an inflexible maintenance of his word, come what may, and an attitude towards the people while not too cordial and familiar, yet open-minded...
...Washburn spoke highly of the services of President Roosevelt and of Senator Lodge as representing the great value Harvard men could be in politics, and urged, in closing, that every college man who had the smallest opportunity should go into politics as early as possible...
Senator Albert J. Beveridge spoke in the Living Room of the Union last night, outlining in one of the most forcible and interesting addresses of the year. "The Obligations of American "Public Life...