Word: talking
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...address Mr. Mullen will describe the different methods of dealing with various kinds of fires, and will show some of the implements used. The talk will not be technical, and stories of several fires will be told...
...Henry Van Dyke, D.D., of Princeton, will speak very informally at the regular meeting of the Divinity Club, which will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Common Room of Divinity Hall. His talk will not be upon any stated subject, but will deal with matter's concerning the ministry in general. Although intended primarily for members of the Divinity School and for men intending to enter the ministry, it will be open to all members of the University...
...This talk is one of a series which is being given before the Divinity Club, which is wholly undenominational, and was formed last spring for the purpose of sociability and for an opportunity to hear men who are particularly distinguished in different branches of the ministry. Lectures have been arranged for successive Friday evenings until the Christmas recess. On November 23 Dr. Eliot will lecture on "The Minister and his Tools," and on November 30 and December 7 the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D.D., of Princeton, who will be University preacher at the time, will lecture on subjects...
...stories, even though there be in them good characterization and some telling phrase. Good touches like this in "A Committee of Three" are frequent. The writer says of a three cornered conversation: "Two is company, but three is a difficult peculiarity. In order for a group of three to talk comfortably there must be a leader, a follower, and a sharpshooter." The editorials touch briefly on "The Harvard Man Again" and "The Amateur Spirit." They are interesting, but surely the English, especially in the first one, needs a little attention. In other words, the number is entertaining and the work...
...Arthur Whiting will give a talk, under the auspices of the Department of Music, in the Fogg Lecture Room next Tuesday, on "The Use of the Damper Pedal of the Pianoforte," with original and classical illustrations. No admission will be charged, the address being open to the members of the University and invited guests...