Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...speaker at the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences declared that it was his belief that a new species of the human race, by the propagation of deaf mutes of their own kind, is being developed...
...respectively. So active was Samuel Adams in behalf of the people that he was called by his opponents "Samuel the Publican." From 1765-'74 he was constantly at work organizing political clubs, delivering speeches and publishing articles in the newspapers. Immediately after the 'Boston massacre," he was the speaker, of a committee sent to Gov. Hutchinson to demand the removal of the British troops from Boston. It was his words that made Hutchinson grow pale and tremble. His brother, John Adams, the second president of the United States, was the "Author of Instructions of the town of Braintree to their...
...following is the beginning of a story in the last Acta Columbiana: "The speaker was a handsome young senior whose large brown eyes, sparkling with good humor, showed him at once to be one of that happy-go-lucky class of collegians whose whole soul is wrapped up in the present; one whose past has no regrets, whose future causes no uneasiness...
...United States" and other historical works, will deliver two lectures on Wednesday and Thursday evenings next, at 7.30, in Sever 1I. The subject of the first lecture will be, "Representative Government in Germany," and that of the second, "Parliamentarismus." Professor Von Holst is an eloquent and entertaining speaker, and will deliver his lectures in English, which should insure him a large and attentive audience...
...Choate was the first speaker. In the course of his remarks he managed to make a hit at almost every thing connected with the university. His speech was greeted with much applause and laughter. Mr. Choate also mentioned the receipt of a proposition by Samuel J. Bridge of Boston to present a bronze statue of John Harvard to be erected at the head of the Delta. President Eliot, who spoke next, referred to the fund raised to increase the salary of the president and various other gifts of the past year. He also spoke in the highest terms...