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Speaking of this new project, the Transcript says: "The purpose of the association, as stated in the constitution, is the enlarging of interest, the raising of standards, and the improving of instruction in public speaking and oral English in schools and colleges. The organizing of the society is the outcome of the greatly increasing interest in oral instruction all over the country. Not many years ago English composition was poorly taught and had no important place in general education. Continued discussions in associations such as this led to a systematizing of the instruction and emphasized the need of trained teachers...
Professor Willisten of the Law School was the first speaker. The trend of his remarks was toward an appeal to the men to accept responsibility. It is the only means of ascertaining ability. Mr. Williams of the Boston Transcript made an appeal for the co-operation of the press with the experts of government,-the lawyers, in correctly presenting the issues of the day to the people. He advocated the affiliation of lawyers through the bar associations with political parties. Professor Pound outlined a clear case against the election of judges, attributing all the present discontent with the courts...
...speakers will be as follows: L. P. Percy 3L., toastmaster; Professor Samuel Williston '82, Professor Roscoe Pound; Dean E. r Thayer '88, Mr. J. T. Williams, editor-in-chief of the Boston Transcript; Mr. Moorfield Storey '66, expresident of the American bar Association; and Ex-president Taft...
...clock. L. P. Percy, Class Marshal, will act as toastmaster and will call upon the following men to speak: Professor Samuel Williston, Professor Roscoe Pound, and Dean E. R. Thayer, all of the Law School Faculty, and J. T. Williams, Jr., editor-in-chief of the Boston Transcript, Moorfield Storey of the Boston Bar,--and Ex-President William Howard Taft. The members of the Law School Faculty will be the guests of the class...
...producing Harvard plays. It unfolds a tense Viking tale of wrong suffered, and heroic retribution, woman upon man. The theme is different from that of any play that the club has produced and offers large opportunities for vivid acting. Mr. H. T. Parker '90, dramatic editor of the Boston Transcript, says, "The short plays that the club has previously acted have been of many kinds. This spring they promise manifold excitements...