Word: talking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...intend to go out for the University and Freshman cross-country teams should report to Coach Shrubb at the Locker Building this afternoon at 3 o'clock. A talk by the coach will be followd by an easy run such as will be the order of the first week's preliminary work. Morning walks at 7.45 o'clock will start tomorrow, and the training table will begin next week...
...They have formed innumerable societies to abolish it; and large sums of money have been given to aid their work. But they give the impression of seeing the end more clearly than the means, and appear to think that war can be forever drowned out by a flood of talk, that the pen can grind the sword into a plowshare. Some pacifists speak as if any alternate were always preferable to war; and yet very few of them would carry the principle of non-resistance so far as to reduce this country to the condition of china, a prey...
...begin with a rising bell at 7.30. At 8.30 various special classes will be held such as social service, Bible study, or mission study. From 9.30 to 12.30 will be devoted to vocational discussion, in which men interested in different forms of life work will have a chance to talk with experienced men. The afternoons are given over to various forms of out-door recreation, including a tennis tournament, baseball league games, a track meet, and good swimming in the Connecticut. In the evenings there are out-door addresses on a neighboring hill-side and delegation meetings around a camp...
...eventually conquer the world. Let us rather hear their message sympathetically; and then, inso much as it is good; let us work to build the public opinion which will make it effective. It is news of peace at this time that is most thrilling,--not that from the front; talk and thought in regard to peace may in the long run accomplish more than armies...
...dining room closes promptly at 8. At 8.30 various special classes will be held, such as social service, Bible study, or mission study. From 9.30 to 12.30 will be devoted to vocational discussions, in which men interested in different forms of life work will have a chance to talk with experienced men. At 11 o'clock there will be talk by some religious leader, such as John R. Mott, H. E. Fosdick, Robert E. Speer, or Sherwood Eddy. The afternoon is given over to athletics and other forms of outdoor recreation, which are directed by a special committee...