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...glad to see that some action has been taken by the base-ball management in regard to class games. A series of games will be of great advantage in bringing out men, and may result in producing some good players. With '86 the nine loses four of its best players, and the three lower classes are expected to fill these positions next year. The idea of offering a cup for the best pitching record is an especially good one, and may bring out a man who, with coaching, may fill this position next season. As it looks now there...
...facts in the recent contradictory statements about the action of the Christian Brethren on the prayer petition are these: At the request of President Eliot a census was taken of Christian men in the college; only 31 men were seen: 15 were for the petition, and 14 against; 2 were undecided...
...coming out in the forward part of the head. This man recovered. Experiments on animals show that cutting out certain parts of the brain will produce paralysis of certain parts of the body. Disease, strong emotions, fear, grief, will also produce paralysis. The wonderful and inexplicable action of the will is thus stopped. The mind often produces pain or disease by simply concentrating attention on certain parts of the body. A criminal once died from imagining that he was bleeding to death. Brain diseases are the cause of great mortality, especially among children. In all exposure a man should keep...
...that we can see. Perhaps the only argument that Harvard men can offer for the race is that it will be one more contest with their most distinguished rival. Such an argument, however, has weight. Probably a similar argument has also largely influenced the Yale freshmen in their recent action. If our freshmen find that one more race can be rowed by them without seriously increasing the strain and expense already necessary, we think that a race with Yale would be a pleasant and even desirable addition to our present inter-collegiate contests. But we hope a meeting...
...freshmen at Rutgers Saturday, hired a band and had a parade in which the upperclassmen joined. They "groaned" the president and other members of the faculty, and made considerable disturbance. The cause for the outbreak is the action of the faculty concerning recent acts of vandalism in and about the buildings...