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...reaching are to be the final effects of the plan that was first tried some years ago by the university, of holding entrance examinations at other cities, and particularly Western cities, are probably not often fully appreciated by Harvard men. It is true that no very marked effects have yet been felt from this policy, but any immediate increase of the influx of students to Harvard from these cities and the adjoining country is not to be expected. The adoption of the same plan by Yale, and more lately by some of the smaller New England colleges, has naturally acted...
...matter of sleeplessness : muscular exertion, if not excessive, induces sleep. Thus it is often a good plan for men troubled with sleeplessness to exercise in the evening before retiring. Men should be warned against the use of drugs to cure sleeplessness. The sleep thereby induced is not a genuine sleep. After any violent or unusual exercise a warm bath is to be highly recommended before retiring. The practice of bathing the feet alone is a doubtful one, however. It is, in general, best not to be dependent upon any artificial condition to secure sleep. One should aim for a complete...
...Cook goes to point out the thoughts and motives a college man should keep before him. "When a man becomes a junior or a senior he begins to think seriously of the profession which he shall adopt. The first thing he should do is the settlement of a plan for this life and the next. Young men should cultivate the teachings of their loftiest moments and remember what they will want when they have a fireside of their...
...does not wish to do any thing that would meet the disfavor of the athletic committee of the faculty. A number of college men had agreed to train under him there, but as this was contrary to the wishes of the committee, he has given up the plan...
...plan that Columbia proposes to adopt for the education of women, for the execution of which it asks $300,000, is as follows...