Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lectureship was founded by the will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, of Keene, N. H., who died in 1893. Provision was made for the annual delivery and publication of a lecture upon the general subject of "The Immortality of Man." Last year Professor Ostwald of the University of Leipzig spoke on "Individuality and Immortality...
...Peck spoke first of numerous disasters along the coast, describing vividly the storm of November, 1898, in which the life-saving crews had not only to perform their usual duty of saving shipwrecked crews, but also to rescue cottagers, whose homes were demolished. In that storm the entire crew of the pilot-boat "Columbia" was lost, and the wreck is now on exhibition at Scituate. Mr. Peck showed numerous pictures of surf to demonstrate the dangers undergone in launching life-boats. One of the slides was a fac-simile of a letter written by the keeper of Minot's Ledge...
Last year Mr. Peck spoke on "The Heart of the Rockies and the Yosemite." Tomorrow his lecture will deal with the Life Saving Service and the heroic acts of the surfmen. Mr. Peck has been granted special facilities by the government and the service to make an exhaustive study of the subject...
Professor Peabody spoke on the excellent opportunities of the religious life here. We have no compulsory prayers, its is true; but Harvard makes ample provision for the support and quickening of religious life. Through the Appleton Chapel services and the Board of Preachers, the best spiritual teaching and advice is offered to the students of the University; and in Phillips Brooks House, the opportunity is given them for true religious and philanthropic service. The young man who fails to take advantage of these opportunities to broaden his spirit makes a serious mistake. The most pitiable group in our College community...
Professor Neilson, who spoke next, emphasized the value of whole-hearted work and concentrated effort in doing all work at College both in and out of the classroom. President Eliot illustrated the importance of such work by an incident from the life of Charles Darwin, who said that his education first began when he learned to work with concentrated attention and effort...