Word: talking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from the yard, and for them principally, such an arrangement would be an excellent thing. At Cornell, they have a large, well furnished, well heated room, containing several long tables covered with "exchanges" graciously donated by the Era. In fact, a place in which the men can read, smoke, talk, and enjoy themselves for the short loafing periods which necessarily come to every man during some portion of the day. It will be readily seen that the reading room of the library is no substitute for such a place...
...This is truly a good showing for eighty-nine, and indicates that the disuse of the library which has been a shame to some other classes has got to be a thing of the past. Unfortunately for eighty-nine, however, it has not had the advantage of such a talk as was given by Mr. Kiernan last year in regard to the proper method of using the library. No doubt that gentleman can be prevailed upon to repeat his remarks in the near future, and in the mean time all information desired by anyone is readily obtained at the desk...
...said in favor of the recitation system of treating courses; that it gives students a chance to express themselves, to tell what they know and keeps them from being mere passive agents in the class room; yet are there not many advantages more desirable than these which the talk of the Professor only can give? It surely seems plausible that for three hours each week he can give more information to the men in any course than they can ever obtain by hearing some of their own number repeat in a more crude way the things which they either know...
...college regards with pleasure the departure which its worthy president has made in delivering addresses before the students. Twice last spring he spoke on subjects vitally connected with college life. His talk on a choice of elective studies in college will ever be remembered by those who heard it. It was a talk pregnant with sound common sense and was of inestimable value to everyone in selecting such courses as would be of the greatest value to him in after life. President Eliot is a man of ideas. Whatever he may have to say upon a subject will be well...
President Eliot will talk to the new members of the university to-morrow evening, in Sever 11, at 7.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Rational Management of Life at the University...