Word: topic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Lowell, the final speaker of the evening, digressed from the general topic, "Education in Business" to speak on. "The Business of Education." The industry of Education" is different from other industries, in that standardization has characterized the development of the last decade, while in education there is no uniformity. "Men are not uniform, and education cannot be attempted as though they were. We would only cultivate a low standard of mediocrity. The problem of education is the development of individual talent and resourcefulness." He concluded by saying that a university is one of the most enduring of human institutions...
...Harvard Lampoon"--yet it would say much more that the college man has not heard outside of History 32: Bunker Hill Monument, the Old North Church, the birthplace of Paul Revere. Nor need it go so far afield for novelties: the glass flowers in the Agassiz Museum, common topic of conversation, though they may be, are almost as little known as the Arboretum in remote Jamaica. A little browsing amongst out-of-the-way places in the vicinity has its own rewards; furthermore, it serves double duty in the General Examination of tea-table discourse...
...clock this evening the Harvard Debating Union, composed of the Progressive and Conservative Clubs, will hold its first meeting in the Trophy Room of the Union. Professor W. B. Munro '99, professor of Municipal Government, will preside. The topic for discussion will be: "Resolved, that the United States recognize Soviet Russia immediately...
...Right Reverend Logan Herbert Roots '91, D. D., Bishop of Hankow, will speak informally to members of the University tonight in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House at 7.30. His topic will be "Problems China is Facing Today". Preceding his talk, Bishop Roots will be the guest of the Mission Committee of Phillips Brooks House at a dinner in the Quiet Room of the Union...
...Brasol, noted authority on past and present Russian governments, will speak at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the Living Room of the Union. He will take as his topic the changes that took place in Russia after 1917 and will discuss their effects on the nation as a whole. He will explain in particular the struggle between Communism and Capitalism and will show in what ways the Bolshevist regime has failed in its purpose...