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...train those found deficient in some courses. Many students did more work than was expected of them. Many faculty members also worked "overtime." Few complained. Chief complaint from students was that they were "advised" to do more work than they had time for. To them President Hutchins offered another bit of advice : "You have freedom to go as slow or as fast as you wish. The University attaches no disgrace to a longer stay in the college than two years. The city of Chicago has . . . educational opportunities which may very well be more valuable to you than a formal course...
...Carrel mentioned tests which give precise indications of an individual's biological (not chronological) age. If a spickle of flesh is put in a certain kind of culture medium, the spickle will grow for a time. The time and speed of growth indicate the "residual energy" of that bit of flesh. The younger the individual, the faster and longer the growth. A similar test is how long a wound takes to heal. Young people heal more quickly than old. Dr. Pierre Le Comte du Noüy of the Paris Pasteur Institute, one-time Rockefeller Institute colleague...
Generally overlooked in press reports of the inauguration was an important bit of news from Madrid...
...carry it home. There Charles Martin made a pet of his, amused himself by playing with it, poking his finger into the cage to see what the snake would do. He did not know was a poisonous rattlesnake. One day the snake grew tired of play. It coiled, struck, bit Charles Martin on the finger. But Charles Martin did not die. He sucked his finger, recovered from the wound. The rattlesnake died...
...Harvard increased its lead in the second half, with R. C. Boys and R. C. Rial scoring 12 and 10 points each for the first-year men. Coach Bond said last night that he liked the way each man played but felt that teamwork was still a bit weak. His charges will meet the Technology Freshmen on Saturday. The line-up: HARVARD 1935 MILTON r.f. Rial, Portal Crimmer l.f., MILTON l.f. Fletcher, Morse, Dalmer r.f., Wendell D. Currier c. Boys, Zimmerman c., Bomin r.g. MacKinney, Stevens l.g., E. Currier l.g. Martin Moore r.g., Davis, Pierce