Word: topics
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...more collegiate and less political nature. There are plenty of such subjects which would prove of general interest and which would give an equally good chance for the debaters to exhibit their skill. We hope that steps will be taken for the choice of such a topic. In the arrangement for the first debate which is to be held at Cambridge the Harvard Union has been most commendably energetic. The management of that meeting will leave little to be desired...
...receive some attention in the catalogue. The frontispiece, which is always an engraving of the University's leading professors will this year show the features of Professor Clarke. Two new instructors in civil engineering and one in Greek and one in English have been added to the faculty. Another topic, that of the honor work will be given some space and a new system of honor courses will be announced for the ensuing term...
...connection with the college ends this week, and he returns next month to England. It is unfortunate that the conference comes on the same night as the Glee Club Concert, but the date was settled before the concert was announced, and it was impossible to change it. Nevertheless, the topic is one of unusual interest and the conference should be well attended...
...editorials in the sixth number of the Advocate - which came out Saturday - are above the average of Advocate editorials and deal with such pertinent subjects as anonymous contributions, the college conference on Athletics, the Western Club, and the forensic work. The latter topic is dwelt upon at some length and the defects of the present system are clearly pointed out. The Advocate suggests as remedies for the difficulty - the low standard of morality in the course, - a reduction of the yearly number of forensics and "the establishment of a professorship in farensics of sufficient dignity and emolument to secure...
Harvard 1 was filled last night on the occasion of the third of the lectures by Professor Charles Sprague Smith, on Icelandic Saga. The special topic of the lecture was "The life of a viking and poet, Egili Saga...