Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...introduced E.C. Carter '00, general secretary of the association, who briefly sketched the history of the organization since its founding in 1802 and described the religious work which it carries on now at Brooks House in Cambridge and in Boston. Rt. Rev. William Lawrence '71, Bishop of Massachusetts, spoke on Phillips Brooks--and especially of his uncompromising love for the truth of his belief in the binding obligation of truth on a man's life as well as his thought, and finally of his conviction that all search for moral truth would end sooner or later in alliegance to Jesus...
...Cushing, President of the Boston School Board, gave an interesting talk on general politics, illustrated by examples from his own experience. He advised young men entering politics to ally themselves to one party or another, yet to have courage to resist all measures that they considered unworthy. He also spoke of the desirability of having a large number of nonpartisan votes...
...chief opposition to the petition came from representatives of the Saint Paul's Catholic Association, which owns a large amount of property on the route. Several representatives of the Association spoke against the petition, saying that if the parkway was built a strip of land 35 feet wide would have to be taken from the Association and that the loss of this land would destroy its chapel and interfere with the convent school and the future plans of the Association. They also claimed that there was no call for the parkway on the part of the public and that...
...Union last night, after the reading by Mr. Copeland, Professor Munsterberg and Professor Morgan, spoke briefly about the plans for the reception of Prince Henry. The following motion was then passed: "That on the afternoon of March 6, a reception be given to Prince Henry by the members of the Union, and also that the details of the reception be left to the House Committee...
...building be erected for that purpose. He said the proposed building would cost $200,000. Professor James then showed that the present quarters in Upper Dane were too small for a psychological laboratory and were unsuitable because of the noise from the street cars. President Eliot next spoke of the benefits which had resulted from unifying the Departments of Physics and Architecture and showed that the erection of Emerson Hall would affect the Philosophical Department in a similar way. Addresses were also made in favor of the new building by Professors Royce and Palmer and Major H. L. Higginson...