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...took from his pocket several tubes which contained small yellow grains of crystal-like appearance, but which he explained as amorphous forms of the dried venom, which is an albuminous substance, whose chemical composition is about five to 12 times as complex as the tetanus toxin. These dried venoms, he explained, are sent to the central institute, are dissolved in brine and glycerine and the solution is injected into horses in successive increments. The reaction of this poison with the cells of the horse produces antibodies. After a lapse of time the horse is bled and the serum proteins...
...discussed, relative to the Cruiser Bill, relict of the last Congress. Did the U. S. need more light cruisers? In view of the passage of the Kellogg Peace Treaty, should the U. S. feel that appropriating money for more naval armament would be a belligerent act? The issues were complex and contested. The question seemed likely to absorb the Senate for a good part of the present session...
...would they be failures? In a previous article the writer stated that there are certain groups in Harvard College, among which is the one with the social complex. This group will support college dances either through a spirit of tradition or a desire to let the "girl back home" get a view of Harvard College glory. The Freshman Jubilees and the Junior Proms are indeed sorry specimens of Harvard glory...
...connection with education. Shall the executives of educational institutions necessarily be men who have distinguished themselves in their scholastic attainments? This has been the case throughout the history of all organized learning, but it has been challenged frequently as an anachronism based on an outworn tradition. Before our highly complex modern universities had been developed, students naturally gathered about the great teacher for intellectual guidance. Today the situation has been definitely altered. Specialists in certain fields are given the control of large institutions, a control which they either may not be capable of handling or to which they find themselves...
...gain it is essential that Harvard news appear in the columns of the daily press. It is infinitely to be preferred that this news be collected and distributed by Harvard officials than that it be allowed to leak out through any of the numerous channels that lead from a complex organization. Official preparation of the news for the press by an authority in whom is vested sole responsibility for publicity would eliminate at the source those errors which are feared by the University and are certain to crop up in the passage through miscellaneous agencies...