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...reddened by subsequent rubbing." A soap and warm water bath should be taken at least once a week. The student should always have at least eight hours sleep, and if any is lost, Dr. Wilder says it should be made up "no matter what other things have to give place." The student he says "should aim to spend the whole forenoon in study. Recreation should be taken in the afternoon if possible and the evenings until ten o'clock may be given to study." The following remarks are especially worth noting : "If the student cannot get along without working directly...
...first Armory Hall Assembly will take place tonight...
...annual convention of New England colleges was held on Nov. 14 and 15 at Boston University. Ten colleges, Harvard, Yale, Wesleyan, Williams, Amherst, Brown, Tufts, Dartmouth, Trinity and Boston University, were respectively represented by their Presidents and one Professor. The subject for discussion this year was "The Place of Modern Languages in the College Curriculum...
...Harvard class of 1856 has tendered to the governor-elect, who was one of their members, a "pocket celebration," which will take place at Young's Thursday evening. The reception committee is headed by Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and other prominent members of it, and Mr. George B. Chase and Mr. George Blagden...
About 1790, the government of Harvard College purchased a fire-engine and placed it under the management of the students, but it was not until nearly 1810 that the Engine Society was organized. The members of the company were accustomed to attend all the fires both in Cambridge and in the surrounding towns, and soon became noted for their skill and efficiency. But their services were not always as beneficial as the people desired. the members of the society were too fond of practical jokes and were too often getting into scrapes to please the more quiet townsfolk. Once when...