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Before the Deutscher Verein last evening Professor W. H. Schofield '93 gave an interesting account of his experiences in Germany and his impressions of social and literary life there. The talk was informal and covered a wide variety of topics; what was said on student life was perhaps most interesting...
...recent editorial the Bulletin pointed out our many national features--the faithful work of the Alumni Association in promoting the cause of the University throughout the land; "our intimate relations with the German and French universities, our scientific expeditions" to the remotest corners of the earth, and the wide territory from which our students are steadily drawn...
Therefore, we, the undersigned students of Harvard University, desire to express our most urgent hope that you will do everything possible to restore to the natives their rights guaranteed by the Treaties of Berlin and Brussels; also, recognizing the world-wide influence of your utterances, we beg that you will make some public pronouncement upon this subject...
...sometimes necessary to read it off from the written page, but in general the best method is to have clearly in mind what you are going to say, and then let the words and the gestures take care of themselves. Three helps to effectiveness in public speaking are wide reading and familiarity with the Bible, the judicious introduction of humor, and above all, earnestness. Earnestness is of paramount importance, because no audience will believe a man who does not believe in himself
...conclusion, Dr. Allen said that although under the present system few but the dishonest have a chance, there is a wide field of work for the honest man, who will eliminate the consideration of personalities, and will be interested in governmental facts...