Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Faculty Committee in charge of the University Series of War Lectures has announced than the fourth speaker will be Professor Wallace C. Sabine, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He will speak in the New Lecture Hall tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock, taking as his subject, "Aviation and the War." Professor Sabine was away all last year on leave of absence and he spend the entire time abroad doing scientific work connected with the war, in this way gaining an unusual firsthand knowledge of conditions in the warring countries, especially in England, France and Italy...
...country. Dr. John R. Mott, the moving spirit of the Y. M. C. A. war work, will address the student body in the New Lecture Hall at 6.45 o'clock. Not only is Dr. Mott one of the greatest organizers the nation has; he is also a most forceful speaker; he has had experience which few. Americans can equal...
...taking place os fast in Russia that the situation of one day is entirely changed before dawn of the following day. Differing groups coalesce or separate, cities change their allegiance from one faction to another, former leaders return to activ3e politics, the army enthusiastically supports the most eloquent speaker,--in short, the entire tern of affairs, however definite it may have been is unrecognizable shifted. From the meager reports that come through, it can be gleaned that the counter revolution is already under way, that the Army is supporting it, that Moscow is again in the hands of the Loyalists...
...Wallace '16, University centre for two years and head coach of the 1921 team, was the first speaker. "Men of the Class of 1921," he began, "You are the first Freshmen to have a team that represents not only your class but the whole University. Your team is the one that will really represent the University this year. This means that there is a great responsibility upon each one of you. Every man should be out there tomorrow afternoon at ten minutes of two and do his share in the cheering...
...nationally and even internationally known figure in this field. In addition to holding positions such as chairman of the executive committee of the Student, Volunteer Movement, and general secretary of the international committee of the Y. M. C. A., Dr. Mott has gained the reputation of a brilliant speaker on war topics. He has recently addressed Boston audiences on subjects connected with his recent visit to Russia, and has consented to speak in Cambridge for the especial benefit of students in the University...