Word: talking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hard game against the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery team Saturday necessitated a brief and light practice yesterday. Coach Rollins gave his squad a long black-board talk, illustrating the weak points and mistakes of Saturday. A short period of passing and kicking the ball and in rehearsal of signals completed the day. No injuries of a serious nature were reported in the squad. A. Horween '20, B. S. Blanchard '20, M. A. Rudman '18, and P. D. Steele, unc., will be given a few days of rest that they may recover from sprains received against the soldiers...
...Talk of professional revolt and student mutiny continues to come out of Columbia, following the dismissals of Professors Cattell and Dana. Why? In most walks of life a man who fails to make good loses his job; and what failure can be more disastrous than a moral failure? No man can assail the national policy now without aiding Kaiserism. No man can counsel youth to disobey the law and expect to escape the consequences. New York World...
...Harvard Club of Boston announces two talks which are to be given next Friday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 30 at 8.30 o'clock by two of its members. On Friday evening, Dr. Benjamin Rand '79, will give a talk on "Within the War Zone." Dr. Rand is the librarian of the Philosophical Library. On Tuesday, October 30, Dr. Robert H. Lord '60, will talk on "The Russian Situation and Impressions of the Revolution." Dr. Lord has just returned from a two months' stay in Russia...
...Nobody can talk about the sacrifice in these times of men who are doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief...
Major Higginson will give a short talk to the Freshmen at the meeting in Smith Halls this evening. This is the third of the regular weekly meetings and Dr. Davison will again be present to lead the singing...