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...Dartmouth sophomores have been put on probation for the rest of the year...
...faculty not to persist in a course that will surely result in a diminution of the students' affection for their Alma Mater and respect for its faculty. The resolutions were eagerly signed by all the classes, less than half a dozen men having as yet refused to put down their names. The petition will be presented to the faculty this week...
...tariff of 1833 was a compromise act between the two parties, and was arranged by Clay and Calhoun. Its purpose was to bring all duties to twenty per cent. ad valorem. This is probably the poorest tariff passed by any nation. The Congress which came in in 1842 put in a new tariff, entirely different from that of 1833. The Whigs being then in power, passed a bill for the levying of very high duties, and the bill was prompted through party feeling entirely. The tariff of 1846 was a free trade tariff, and it was framed by Robert...
...necessary to reduce the weight of a man and get the fat off him, it must be done by diet and exercise, for all the sweating in the world would not take off fat. The use of alcohol was condemned, and by its use Dr. Sargent said men had put a stigma on athletics which it would take centuries to wipe out. In the New England climate he thought a little lager beer was good, and would do far less hurt than coffee, but notwithstanding there was a conflict of opinion as to the use of tobacco, he opposed...
...born with a genius for some specially, whether it be for law or art or invention. But these are few. Most of our young men have to choose that for which they seem most fit, or which lies nearest at hand. But the training for specialties is to be put off; life is too varied to permit of being all devoted to the study of one specialty. A wider range of knowledge should be entered upon and pursued until the last moment that can be spared from beginning the special training...