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...copy this morning from the Nation of last week a most interesting and instructive comparison of the progress made by Harvard and Yale respectively during the last fifteen years. The moral conveyed by this article is obvious...
...issue of The Nation for Feb. 18th, was published a letter from Mr. Edward D. Page, a graduate of Yale, under the title, "Two Decades of Yale and Harvard - A Retrospect." It is a comparison of the history of Yale and Harvard for the last fifteen years. It would be difficult to give a clearer statement of the facts and figures than Mr. Page has done here. We copy as follows...
...expiration. Impurities in the air are breathed in and cause fevers. The diseases which result from trouble to the respiratory organs are almost innumerable. It is estimated that of those who die before their sixth year of existence, one-fourth die of respiratory troubles. Of those dying from fifteen to twenty-one, half fall victims to breathing troubles. Consumption only carries off nearly half of those who die between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. These computations are made from a million people who have lived in the vicinity of Liverpool. It is our duty...
...yards impossible. Wendell Baker, who had entered in the 250 and 440 yards, was unable to run on account of a sprained ankle, thus disappointing his many friends; but Mr. Wells ran a tremendous race in the 250 yards, he being the scratch man against a field of fifteen, all carrying large handicaps; he won his heat in the very fast time of 27 1-5, but in order to save himself for the 440, did not run in the final heat. In the 440 if he had begun spurting a little sooner he would have again won in spite...
There are now fifteen candidates for the university crew...