Word: discussions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Turning to the group of "artificial" material, we come first to Mr. Carb's "Miss Alice Comes Out." It is unfortunate that here the writer has allowed cleverness to take the place of common sense; the lovers discuss idealism with an ingenuity that is hopelessly literary. Mr. Britten discusses the charm of the sea, his point apparently being that such discussion is entirely profitless to anyone. Mr. Sheehan, in a sort of religious monodrama of three pages, sets forth cleverly the shortcomings of the monastic life. The rest of the verse is of the usual undergraduate variety; for the most...
...George von L. Meyer '79, postmaster general of the United States, will speak in the Living Room of the Union next Monday evening, at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The Post Office and Proposed Changes Therein"; he will discuss postal savings banks and parcel post on rural routes...
There will be an important meeting of all upper-class men interested in class football in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening, at 6.45 o'clock sharp, to discuss and expedite the organization of teams from 1909, 1910 and 1911. Captain Burr will speak. Since class football will begin earlier and be made more of this season than in other years, it is essential that all interested be present...
...desirable institution for widening a Freshman's acquaintance. The Freshman club is essentially a beginner's organization and a large part of its most valuable work lies outside the field of formal debating. Rather than ponder subjects of international policy or political significance, the club would do well to discuss subjects of college importance. Such a program would help in forming an intelligent public opinion and it would bring out those men who can get up on their feet and talk sound sense in a convincing way without preparation...
...year, for, within the University, most of the debating has been of an informal nature. Early in the year the Debating Council voted, that, in its opinion, debating interests could best be furthered by the organization of informal groups of men, of congenial tastes, who wished to meet and discuss questions of public or college interest. Five such groups, with a total membership of about 85, grew up during the year and held informal discussions, to which the Council stood ready to send critics. Because of the informality of the whole system, however, it did not accomplish very much...