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...rate would be proportionally lessened. Dr. Holmes once said that it was safe to estimate that every other man met in the streets of Boston is either already afflicted with some form of pulmonary disease or will be. This being the case, it is necessary to take precautions to avoid an ailment, for which physicians can prescribe no cure other than a change of climate. Now, there are certain exercises which if taken regularly will in time make one the possessor of a well-built chest, and thereby do much to ensure health. Any exercise which causes the lungs...
...rules could be agreed upon. I think that the correspondent of the Crimson would admit that this was an undesirable state of affairs. It is this state of affairs, with its possible contingencies, that the University Boat Club and its advisers are now straining every nerve to avoid, and purpose to avoid by settling the conditions of the race before accepting Yale's challenge, in order that there may be no misunderstanding afterwards, and it is to be hoped that they will not be hindered in their efforts by graduates more zealous than discreet...
...students in the universities of Switzerland, only 113 study theology and 158 law. The growing tendency to avoid these professions is noticeable in all the universities of Europe...
...strictures made in the last number of the Crimson upon the recent admission of an objectionable advertisement into its columns, and greatly regrets that such a mistake should have occurred. In extenuation we may say that a daily is peculiarly liable to such mishaps, which are often difficult to avoid. The insertion did not have the approval of the editors of the HERALD...
...this respect to waste time, made it plain that it was as easy to play a stationary, defensive game as before the new rule was adopted. It is to be hoped that some means may be taken at the next convention to make it impossible for a team to avoid playing an active, offensive game throughout...