Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fourth College Conference meeting of the year will be held in Sever 11 this evening. Mr. George W. Cable will speak, taking for his subject, "My Conscience and My Vote." It is not only as a novelist that Mr. Cable is known to the world; for some years past he has had the enviable reputation of being a most popular lecturer before student bodies. His words of this evening will be given more in the manner of an informal talk than in that of a lecture. Everyone of us has heard so much of late as to whether our vote...
...next debate, on Thursday evening, will be on whether the causes of divorce should be made uniform throughout the United States by constitutional amendment. Articles on both sides of the question may be found under "Harvard Union" in the English alcove. "Divorce" is one of the subjects discussed by Professor Peabody in Philosophy eleven. And it should be said that it is one of the most important and difficult questions with which our States have at present to deal. Because of the dangerous increase of divorce, the consequent alarm of the people, and the rise and spread of agitation...
...greatest privileges of Harvard students is the opportunity of attending throughout the winter, an endless course of lectures on various subjects, instructive and entertaining, delivered by men of reputation. Our College Conference meetings, although informal and unpretentious, are, perhaps, after all, the most valuable of all lectures. The subjects discussed are to us students, living questions, and the opinions of men like President Eliot, Professor Norton and the Rev. J. G. Brooks, are likely to impress deeply young men whose minds are still open to conviction. Our dogmas are as yet unformed, and here is an opportunity to mould them...
...January number, which marks the beginning of the twenty-first volume of the Magazine, is as interesting as any of the previous numbers. If criticism could be ventured on so excellent a periodical, it is that there is perhaps too little variety in the choice of subject. No such charge, however, can be brought against this number...
...series of articles on which have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. At the lectures, half the seats will be reserved for holders of tickets, which can be obtained of Mr. F. W. Nicolson, Hollis 21. All men who can will do well to attend these lectures, as the subject is one of interest to most, and is sure to be ably treated...