Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first meeting of the Physical Colloquium was held in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory yesterday afternoon. Professor Trowbridge spoke upon the value of quartz vessels for use in spectrum analysis, and Dr. Lyman discussed the following recent papers upon radio-activity: Deviable Rays of Radio-active Substances; The Cause and Nature of Radio-activity, both by Professor E. Rutherford; and Experiments on Induced Radio-activity in Air, by Professor J. J. Thompson...
...Rainsford spoke upon the necessity of clear thought upon religious subjects. The message of university education spells one vast word--freedom. To exercise freedom man must gain knowledge, but he must gain far more--he must gain virtue...
Roger Ernst '03 spoke in place of R. Derby, president of the Senior class, who was absent on account of illness. After welcoming the Freshmen in behalf of the Senior class, he urged every member of the class to take an active part in some outside interest, and do something to make his class pre-eminent. Every Freshman, he also said, should go to his Freshman reception, and join the Union, so that he may meet as many men as possible, and come closely in touch with the spirit of the University...
Dean Shaler, in closing the meeting, spoke of the cordial relation which exists at Harvard between the teachers and the students...
...Carpenter, 4G., President of the Graduate Club, spoke in behalf of that organization, explaining its aims and purposes. He laid particular stress on the social pleasures that the club affords...