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Only at such temporary periods of abnormal activity can most of us realize what the normal life of the undergraduate actually is. When faced with the necessity of doing half a year's reading in two days, the student is ready to admit that he has wasted a great deal of time during the fall term. He probably will be forced to admit that he has done considerably less than the utopian five or six hours' work...
...discussion, the chief events of the week were the presentation by the Democrats and by the insurgent group in the House of other plans as substitutes for the Mellon plan. The substitute plans have in common lower normal taxes than the Mellon plan but higher surtaxes...
...Normal Taxes. Present law: 4% up to $4,000; 8% on larger incomes. Mellon plan: 3% up to $4,000; 6% on larger incomes. Democratic plan: 2% up to $5,000; 4% from $5,000 to $10,000; 8% on larger incomes. Insurgent Plan: 2% up to $4,000; 4% on larger incomes...
...average brain capacity in the dissecting rooms during the prosperous year of 1918 was 1,330 cubic centimeters. From 1913 to 1917, the average was 1400 c.c. In the acute depression of 1921, men of an average brain capacity of 1470 c. c. failed to survive. The average normal brain ranges from 1480 to 1500 c. c. while 1530 indicates high intelligence. Very low grade brains have almost disappeared from the dissecting room since 1919, which Dr. Todd ascribes to the restriction of immigration. Relief statistics of the Cleveland Associated Charities harmonized closely with the record of the skulls...
...hitherto unknown function of the thymus, a ductless gland prominent in young children (TIME, June 25), which atrophies at adolescence. A deficiency of thymus in female pigeons prevents their providing their eggs with shells and albumen. If they are fed doses of dried thymus, the eggs become normal...