Representative Phi beta kappa orations
By: ed. for the united chapters of Phi beta kappa by Clark S. Northup, William C. Lane [and] John C. Schwab.
Contributors: Lane, William Coolidge, 1859-1931, joint ed.; Schwab, John Christopher, 1865-1916, joint ed.; Phi Beta Kappa.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1915
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Notes: --B.I. Wheeler. Things human.--F.E. Schelling. Humanities, gone and to come.--A. Shaw. Jefferson's doctrines under new tests.--J.F. Jameson. The age of erudition.--C.W. Eliot. Academic freedom.--A.B. Hart. The hope of democracy. E.L. Parsons. Democracy and a prophetic idealism.-- E.A. Grosvenor. The attitude of the scholar.--J. Royce. What is vital in Christianity?--B. Wendell. The mystery of education.--W. Wilson. The spirit of learning.--P. Shorey. The unity of the human spirit.
Table of contents: title: H. Bushnell. The true wealth or weal of nations.; title: R.W. Emerson. The American scholar.; title: J. Durfee. The influence of scientific discovery and invention on social and political progress.; title: A.P. Peabody. The connection between science and religion.; title: G.W. Curtis. The American doctrine of liberty.; title: G.A. March. The scholar of to-day.; title: A.H. Bullock. Intellectual leadership in American history.; title: C.K. Adams. The relations of higher education to national prosperity. C.H. Bell. The worship of success.; title: W. Phillips. The scholar in a republic.; title: E.B. Andrews. The social plaint.; title: A.D. White. Evolution vs. revolution, in politics.; title: J.J. Chapman. The unity of human nature.; title: B. Perry. The amateur spirit.