Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...three representative speakers of my childhood there were visible two or three things which are not to be found now. The old type of sonorous oratory has almost gone. In those days men thought they must speak in a sort of architectural way. There was something put upon the speech. It was not sure that everything lay in the speech itself...
...forms of intellectual effort public speaking is the most fascinating. And it is the most transitory of all influences. But I urge you to give your thought to oratory. Above all I urge you to use your influence in a cause which shall make it worth using...
...York to decide on the dates for the intercollegiate races, the Harvard-Yale-Cornell race was set for not earlier than June 23 nor later than the twenty-fifth because the Cornell-U. of P. Columbia race could not take place later than July 2 and it was thought that the Cornell crew would need at least a week between races. The final choice of date was left to Harvard. The twenty-fifth is satisfactory to Cornell so the University crew yesterday decided on that date in order to gain the longest possible time at Poughkeepsie. As most attention...
...became a junior partner in the banking house of Blodgett, Merritt and Co., of Boston, and remained with them until his death. He was apparently in good health up to August, 1896, when, after a prolonged business trip through the West, he became much run down. At first he thought nothing serious was the trouble and with characteristic determination stuck to his work until November. In creasing weakness, however, compelled him to relinquish work and to go to Colorado Springs. For some time he seemed to be gaining satisfactorily, but from about Christmas time he failed rapidly. His wife...
...Scholarship of the Class of 1867, with an income of $150, will be awarded soon after the beginning of the second half-year to a Freshman in Harvard College thought to be "meritorious and in need of assistance." Preference will be given to sons of the members of the College Class...