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...that position and made to revolve from right to left the resistance of the air is strongest on the right side and least on the left. The course of the ball then naturally inclines that way ; the more rapid the revolution, of course, the greater the curve. To direct the ball the other way the axis would have to be kept upright and the revolution reversed which could be done by holding the palm of the hand downward...
...present purpose magistrate of the State been re-elected to his position, the result would have been looked upon by many people as a direct slap in the face of our university. Gov. Butler's hatred for Harvard and his desire to injure her was apparent throughout his whole canvass and formed a part of the issues of that canvass. This being the case his defeat cannot but be looked upon with favor by all sympathizers with Harvard, however much they may have desired his re-election on other grounds. As to the desirability of his election on general principles...
...reminds us of a duty which everyone who is qualified to vote owes to his country or his state on what occasion. In a country like ours where there are so many ignorant votes cast, every intelligent vote is needed, and an institution like Harvard should aspire to direct the sentiment of the country as far as an active interest and attention, and intelligent criticism can do so. It is only by concerted action on the part of the well educated that the country can be saved from the ignorant decisions and absolute tyranny of a class of low politicians...
...undue extent, and withdraws them from that expansive bed they are inclined to seek in order to concentrate them in a narrow channel wherein flows the current of their routine duties and shallow ambition. The routine work of a college is worth little except to suggest and direct to broader fields of study. For that the library affords the opportunity. The student should reinforce his prescribed work with judicious and extensive reading. He should read around all the subjects that come before him in the regular course of his study, so far as possible, and he will experience gratifying surprise...
...most direct cause of any increase of this sort lies in the continually enlarging number of Harvard graduates who settle in the West and South and who exert their influence directly and indirectly towards increasing the representation of their localties among the students of the college. The Harvard clubs now firmly established in all the larger cities of the country exercise a very considerable influence of this sort. But it is open to the students themselves even before they go forth from the college as graduates and take their positions in the world to exert an influence in drawing students...