Word: humanities
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Professor G. H. Parker S.B. '87, professor of zoology, will deliver the first of his course of eight Lowell lectures on "The Human Sense Organs and Their Evolution," in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston street, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. The topic for today's lecture will be "The Nature of Sense Organs of Touch and Other Sense Organs of the Skin...
...health was so poor that he was refused polices by all the large insurance companies in America. He at once set about inquiring into the reasons for this condition and found that the digestion is probably the most important factor in the health of the human body. From many experiments upon himself he conceived the theory of dietetic righteousness which has restored to him at the age of sixth the agility and energy of a man of thirty...
After leaving Dartmouth, Mr. Fletcher was engaged in numerous occupations until 1895, when he devoted his attention to sociology and especially to scientific research in human nutrition at the University of Cambridge, England, and at Yale. He has lectured on this subject in nearly every large city in the world and has written several authoritative books on dietetics. Last June he was given the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth; he is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and President of the Health and Efficiency League of America...
...course of his lecture this evening, Mr. Fletcher will deal with vital economics in the whole field of human interest, all built on a solid basis of dietetic righteousness. His arguments for better health and efficiency will be based on his own experience and the results of experiments upon himself. Between the ages of 54 and 60 Mr. Fletcher recorded an increase of 21 per cent. in strength tests. Last month he registered 840 pounds on the spring lifting machine one-half of which is the average in gymnasium records. By means of a cinematograph arranged specially for this lecture...
...Academy of Pacific Coast History, will deliver the first of his course of four Lowell Institute lectures on "The San Francisco Earthquake" in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston street, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. The topic for today's lecture will be "The California Earthquake and its Human Aspects...