Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...spoke first of the government of Mt. Desert, Maine, in the eighties, which was almost entirely self-supporting, and its perfection, on account of the really local character of its interests. Some thirty years ago, a great change took place in American life. The population gradually drew into large units, whose interests were everywhere. With this, there was a further complication; namely, that the burden of taxation was badly distributed, as the wealthier classes lived in adjacent towns, leaving the poorer householders of the city to bear the major burden of its taxes. The movement for remedying this state...
Forty men spoke at the first trial to choose the team that will represent the University in the annual debate with Princeton, which was held in Dane Hall last night; and the following fifteen were retained: A. B. Church 1L., J. S. Davis '08, G. C. Good '09, D. Harris 1L., M. C. Leckner '07, E. R. Lewis '08, G. I. Lewis '08, L. W. Mack 1L., B. M. Nussbaum '08, J. W. Plaisted 2L., D. Rosenblum '08, F. Schenck '09, I. L. Sharfman '07, E. B. Stern '07, and J. R. Voigt 1L. The speaking was judged by Coach...
...John D. Long '57, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, and Hon. William McAdoo, ex-congressman and police commissioner of New York City, spoke in the Living Room of the Union last evening, before a very large audience, on the subjects of "The Guarding of the State," and "The Guarding of the City," respectively. Professor F. G. Peapody '69, a member of the Social Service Committee, presided...
...clock this evening in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House J. H. Twitchell of Yale will speak on "The Hope of Youth." Arrangements have been made this year for an occasional interchange of speakers between the Harvard and the Yale Christian Associations. H. M. Gilmore '08 recently spoke at a Sunday night meeting of the Yale association in Dwight Hall, New Haven...
...Colwell spoke on the good sportsmanship of track work and the opportunity for sociability and friendly rivalry. M. H. Stone '07 spoke of the importance of persistent and early training...