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...convey much weight. The variation in physical condition, before and after the acquirement of a collegiate education was only three per cent. This fact, which is the one from which any conclusion can be drawn, might be the result of improved hygienic surroundings, both mental and physical, making the effect of study itself wholly negative in character. - N. E. Medical Monthly...
...grind, and Vitellius Spiculus was a grind. But they had brains and it paid them to grind. It is even said that the elder Pliny wore glasses. There is an old legend which is to-day told in one of the Swiss villages among the Alps, to the effect that the great Julius stopped there on his way to interview the mighty man of the Helvetii, and it was noticed that the great statesman never raised his eyes throughout his stay from an ancient manuscript, which rumor said had been sent to him from Alexandria. Many were the conjectures...
...this way a real evil is averted and a decidedly pleasant feature of Harvard life brought into its due prominence. The CRIMSON itself has not been lacking in this matter, and learns with pleasure that a recent announcement in its columns, concerning a contemplated (?) cut, had the very desirable effect of keeping both students and instructor from the lecture room. This custom of "cutting" on the part of instructors is a good one, and cannot be too strongly encouraged...
There is an ancient fable in Holland, to the effect that there was once a Dutch University which forbade the students going home on Thanksgiving, or at least gave them only one day to do their celebrating. The people round about thought that the University had nothing to be thankful for, and so took their sons away at once, fearing that where no gratitude was, there no soul could be. This was one of the first cases of a "soulless corporation," but history unfortunately has been unable to record it as the last...
...rain and the sleet had little effect upon the attendance at the Union last night. President Merriam called the meeting to order. The question for debate was, Resolved, That Capital Punishment should be Abolished. The ballot on the merits of the question resulted in, affirmative, 21; negative, 31. The principal disputants were F. H. Darling, L. S., and H. E. Fraser, '86, affirmative; and L. McK. Garrison, '88, and S. B. Rogers, L. S., negative. The negative won the victory on skill of argument by a vote...