Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...William Reed '64 of Taunton, spoke in the Fogg Lecture Room last night on "Harvard During the Civil War." He said in part: Harvard in the early sixties was more like a present day preparatory school than a college. The discipline in those days was very strict. Going to sleep in Chapel, smoking in the Yard, or appearing in class rooms with unkept clothes was always followed by a summons to appear before President Felton. It was this discipline, however, which made the College in those days so united and which consequently made the separation of the students to join...
...meetings of the Faculty; but he disliked the formalities of debate, and his voice was seldom heard in this room. He took a more active part in the deliberations of the Administrative Boards and in the meetings of his own Department. In private conference with his colleagues he spoke freely and forcibly. He held strong opinions and advocated them strongly; but he was every ready to revise his views, or to suspend judgment in matters of controversy, and he was quick to recognize the tenability of theories with which he could not at the moment agree. He was earnest...
...funeral of the late Professor Thayer was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Appleton Chapel. Professor Francis G. Peabody read a passage from the Bible, and then spoke briefly about the life and work of the deceased. Professor Thayer, he said, was one of the few true scholars of the day. Whatever task he undertook was always thoroughly performed, and never had to be done over. His life was so manly, strenuous and truthful that he won the respect and love of all who came in contact with him. Professor Thayer's life work was the interpretation...
Coach Reid told of the general method employed in coaching the team. He said the requisites of a good team are five,--spirit, condition, knowledge of the game, strong material, and drill. He also spoke of the hard work the team has done, their perseverance and their loyalty to the University to the exclusion of their personal ambition...
Coach Lewis was the last speaker. He spoke briefly of the work of the team and the coaches...