Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lyman Abbott gave a very interesting informal talk to a large number of students at the Christian Association rooms last evening. He spoke briefly of some of the problems of city life as he had seen them. The tendency he said, of people to herd together is as marked abroad as in our own country. The common opinion that this is a great evil is a mistaken one. The evils in the large cities, as they are more concentrated, are of course more apparent, but he average is not much if any worse in the cities than in the towns...
...said that Christ went into society: he did, but he always brought something with him. Society today is too much an interchange of small talk: it ought to be an interchange of vital living experience...
There is some talk of forming an Ice Polo Club at Brown...
...meeting last evening the plan was discussed of having a dinner at which the prominent reformers of the country should be present and speak. The club will also hold meetings in Sanders Theatre at which well-known speakers will talk on the important questions in political reform...
...Copeland, who spoke in Sever Hall the other evening on "Reading Aloud," is going to talk this evening at the Christian Union Building 48 Boylston St. Boston. The subject of the lecture will be "Shakespeare - Fin de Siecle;" and after speaking, Mr. Copeland will read from Hamlet and other plays. No admission will be charged and anyone reaching the hall at about quarter to eight will be sure of a seat. This talk will be the first in a course of twenty lessons...