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After the measurements fo a thousand individuals were obtained, they were tabulated according to age, and the attempt was made to obtain the average height, weight, chest-girth, etc. The averages thus obtained have been used as a working basis up to the present time. Immediately after the examination of the individual, he was furnished with a book, in which his measurements at the time specified were compared with those of an average man of the same age. If a measurement fell below the average, the fact would be indicated by a minus sign; if above, by the plus...
...coming here be put to shame? Will be find himself a disparaged person, out of accord with the spirit of the place, and unable to attain its characteristic advantages? No systematic evidence on the subject has existed. It is time it did exist, and I have made an attempt to obtain it. To each member of the graduating class I sent a circular asking if he would be willing to tell me in confidence what his college course had cost. I desired him to include in his report all expenses whatever. He was to state not merely his tuition, board...
...attempt is being made by the directors of the Williams College Athletic Association to raise money for constructing a quarter-mile track. The alumni offer to raise one-half the sum if the students furnish the other half...
There was no attempt made to line the fair lines until 3 o'clock, when the game should have been called. This took time, and game was finally called at 3.30 with the fair lines still wet and slippery, and pegs a foot high stuck all over the field, which Mr. Carpenter and I went round and pulled up. This was sufficiently careless, but one of the Tech half-backs found the leaving of a marking string lying across the field more dangerous still when he took a header over it during the game. Home plate, as I said before...
...upon the masculine bulldog. Let him not drink too much lemonade, nor think a remorse should be worn conspicuously. Let him not drag about a stick he can't carry for two consecutive minutes. Let him not play the drum at midnight, nor boast of wild feats he never attempted, nor attempt wild feats he can never perform. Little boys should be seen and not heard, and not seen too much either...