Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...represent it. The light men show the most interest in offering themselves as candidates. Any one who hopes to begin late in the winter will very likely be disappointed when the time comes. Every man in the class who would like to become a candidate for the crew must talk with or write to Jones, the coach, some time this week. The crew meets in the rowing room of Hemenway Gymnasium every week day at 5 o'clock. It is hoped that a good many strong men will offer themselves without any more urging. It is important that these...
...whole trouble lies in the fact that the grand stand is not large enough to enable every man in college to have a good seat rather than in the method of selling the seats. And this difficulty is one not easily obviated. It is a pleasant thing to talk about seeing that every man in college is provided with one seat. But half the men in college don't want to be provided with one seat, they want enough seats to be able to take their friends, and they are just selfish enough to be satisfied with nothing else. Moreover...
...George L. Fox, Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, gave a very interesting talk on the Public Schools of England last night in the Jefferson Laboratory. The views were good, but unfortunately the light was poor, and there was much confusion in throwing them on the canvas. The pictures of the boat races and cricket fields bringing in delightful bits of English scenery, were especially pleasing...
...College Conferences, held last night in Sever 11 and addressed by Mr. Cummings of the Political Economy Department, proved very interesting and instructive to the few who were present. The speaker chose to put what he had to say about his subject, University Entension, in the form of a talk rather than a formal lecture and this rather increased the interest in his subject. The men present availed themselves of the opportunity of asking questions and a good deal of valuable information was gained in this...
...Cummings ended his talk with a description of Toynbee Hall, in London, where he spent some time himself, studying the condition of the society in the famous Whitechapel neighborhood. This Hall is a sort of club totally free from the church in every way. It is not distinctively a portion of the Extension movement, but is intimately connected with it in many ways...