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...into two rank lists, one for squash, and one for squash racquets. A ladder tournament will be instituted among the members of each list in such a form that the leader in each list will hold his position only against continual competition. All men on the list, except the first ranking ten, can challenge at any time the man three places above him on the list. In the first ten any man can challenge the player next above him. Thus a continual competition results and a consequent instability of the rank lists...
...results of this year's physical examinations of first-year men, including Freshmen and unclassified students, show the intelligence of an enlightened group of parents on the subject of health, according to Dr. Roger 1. Lee '02, Professor of Hygiene, who has been in charge of the examinations. Figures compiled at his office show that very few Freshmen have neglected teeth; that 37.2 per cent. wear glasses; that very few have such gross, uncorrected defects of the eye that they need the immediate attention of the oculist; and that 43.6 per cent. have already had their tonsils removed. Only four...
...physical examination of Freshman was resumed this fall on the prewar basis. During the war, in spite of the absence of the head of the Department of Hygiene, these examinations were carried out in accordance with army standards and were of great value, in the first place to the army, and in the second place to the students, since both the army and the students could know from these examinations how each individual met the physical requirements of the army...
...changes would be made in the following manner: first, New Year's Day would become an independent legal holiday. "It would not be included in any week or month. Second, another independent holiday, called "Correction Day" would be provided for leap year. Third, the 364 days would be divided into thirteen months of exactly four weeks each, every month commencing with Monday...
...months," or months exactly four weeks in length has been proposed by the American Calendar Association, and a bill to that effect introduced in Congress. This simplified form has been approved by many authorities and, according to the plans of its inventors, it could be adopted on Sunday, the first day of the year 1922, without causing any noticeable inconvenience...