Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Leiter cup teams. He said that as the capacity of the cage is limited it will be necessary to drop a large number from the squad early in the season. Such men will have a good opportunity of proving their ability by doing well on a Leiter nine. Clarkson spoke of the necessity of candidates keeping off probation...
...Dana '74, spoke last night before the Political Club on "Civil Service Reform...
Professor D. G. Lyon, curator of the Museum, spoke first, describing briefly its collections and sketching its history from the time the first objects were collected in 1889. In 1899 Mr. Jacob H. Schiff offered $50,000 to provide a building for the rapidly increasing collections, and in addition, other contributions amounting to about $20,000 have been received, most of which is still available to supply further equipment...
Following Professor Norton, Dr. Cyrus Adler of Washington, spoke of the Museum as the first in the world to be devoted exclusively to Semitic study. Professor G. F. Moore read brief extracts of letters from Professor Toy and others, and was followed by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, the donor of the building, who as chairman of the visiting committee of the Semitic Department, formally transferred the building to the University. In conclusion, President Eliot, on behalf of the Corporation, accepted the gift, which he called the storehouse of a great historical past and said should be an inspiration...
...Washington Gladden, D.D., of Columbus, Ohio, who is now serving his second term as University preacher, gave the first of the William Belden Noble lectures in Phillips Brooks House last evening on "Dante Alighieri, the Poet." Dr. Gladden spoke of the great Italian poet as one whose work was done quite outside the realm of organized Christianity, but whose life was filled with the spirit of God, and bore abundant witness to the light...