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...American Archaeological Institute elected, Saturday, the following members of the executive committee for the ensuing year: Chas. Eliot Norton, president; Martin Brimmer, vice-president; Francis Parkman, W. W. Goodwin, H. W. Haynes, Alexander Agassiz, Stephen Salisbury, Jr.; Henry L. Higginson, treasurer; E. H. Greenleaf, secretary...
...Higginson related a humorous anecdote at his recent lecture, in illustration of the theory which many persons hold, that a narcotic of some kind is necessary for every one. While Mr. Higginson was travelling along the border of Kansas, a cattle ranger came through the cars, anxiously inquiring of every passenger whether they had any tobacco. All returned a negative answer, and, when at last the man reached Mr. Higginson, he was almost in despair. "You haven't got any tobacco 'round you?" he queried, in a pathetic tone. "No," was the reply...
...same occasion Mr. Higginson gave a side hit at the style of prizes given in the athletic meetings. "You encourage total abstinence," he said, "for your athletes when they are training, but you present them with mugs when they have won, as if you did not expect that abstinence to continue afterwards...
There are some things in the scheme of total abstinence, said Col. Higginson in his address before the Harvard Total Abstinence League last evening, which I cannot endorse. I have never signed a pledge, although quite willing to see them signed. I do not appear as a missionary among heathen and savages. The evils of intemperance in college life were worse in proportion fifty years ago. All habits then were coarse. Drinking habits in our American colleges are not so different from those in foreign universities. The speaker related his observations of the convivial side of student life at Oxford...
...Higginson will address the Harvard Total Abstinenee League this evening in Sever...