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...lungs, two kidneys, two hemispheres to the brain, and two sides to his body generally, but only one stomach." Let him then deal very gently with that one. All solid food should be thoroughly chewed, in order to submit the insoluble starch of vegetables to the action of saliva, converting it into soluble sugar, and to divide the nitrogenous food so as to render the access of gastric juice to all particles of it easy, on its arrival in the stomach. When a large amount of ice-water is taken with meals, dyspepsia undoubtedly results from it at times...
...recent action by the students of Yale in petitioning that the hour of morning prayers be made earlier is well worth remark. The evident purpose which has instigated this movement is, that the afternoon hours of each day may be free from recitations, and therefore open to exercise by the college athletic teams. The News takes occasion to boast that "there is no other institution in the country" which possesses "a strong enough love for their college or a general enough appreciation of her needs, to pass such resolutions." Some of our more ardent friends of the prayer petition...
...Amherst Student thus speaks of the advantage to foot-ball occasioned by the action of the Harvard faculty: "This interesting test case reinstates the game upon an equal footing with other inter-collegiate sports, while at the same time exerting a strong influence toward preventing its degradation from that honorable position...
...characters of the play were supported with great formality. It will be remembered that at the representation of "Oedipus" in Sanders' Theatre, the actors made all the use they could of earnest and vigorous action and elocution. The Cambridge students, however, delivered their speeches in a calm dignified manner, apparently with the desire to imitate yet more closely the dramatic style in Greek tragedy. The chief parts were played by young men of marked athletic beauty, and the costumes, although not as accurate and well draped as those in our "Oedipus," were good. The part of Pallas Athene, was played...
...proposed system "met with general approval," why was it not recommended to the faculty as a possible improvement over our present system? The difficulty is that the student members as a whole do not realize what is expected of them. Why does the committee exist unless for action, as well as discussion? Discussion without resulting action is practically worthless. To this fact that they do not appreciate their powers is due the result that three months of conference have produced two resolutions that, as regards weight of thought, could just as well have been passed at the first...