Word: tells
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rodney Smith (Gypsy Smith) of England will speak in Holden Chapel tonight at 6.30 p. m. on "Gypsy Life and Work Among Men." Mr. Smith will tell of some of his personal experiences in his work in England. All members of the University are cordially invited...
...secondly, his suggestion of many very interesting questions which come up in the administration of the University itself. One of the most interesting things which he discusses is the group of courses most largely taken by students in the College under the existing elective system. The President does not tell us just where he draws the line between the larger and smaller classes, but he gives us the striking fact that the courses most largely taken, which altogether involve about twice as much work as one student could perform in four years, comprise only one-eighth of the whole amount...
...this there has had to be a ruling sense of proportion, a weighing of the needs of one department against those of another with the result that though some departments have been advanced more than others, there has been at least a steady progress in all. To tell of what President Eliot has done for the University not only in the actual acquisition of resources both financial and educational during his administration, but in his exemplification of what the university president is to be for at least a long time to come, would be to repeat what was so feelingly...
...platform in our contests with other colleges, though gratifying to our pride as students of Harvard may possibly have an injurious effect on the standards of ability which we set before us. Debating as it is known today has hardly passed its infancy. Our graduates of the older generation tell us of the almost total lack, in their time, of facilities for acquiring skill in public argument. An appreciation of the defects of our present attainments is the only thing which can give us any prospect of continued success. The experience of the past few years indicates plainly the lines...
...Overture, William Tell, Rossini...