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...hand toward the ground. When it is thrown out in that position and made to revolve from right to left the resistance of the air is strongest on the right side and least on the left. The course of the ball then naturally inclines that way ; the more rapid the revolution, of course, the greater the curve. To direct the ball the other way the axis would have to be kept upright and the revolution reversed which could be done by holding the palm of the hand downward...
Prof. Whitney of Harvard a couple of years ago delivered an interesting and valuable lecture upon the great pyramids, before the students in Sanders theatre. The progress of investigations into Egyptian archaeology during the past year has been very rapid and several important discoveries have been made. Later study has also led Prof. Whitney to further results, and a new lecture has been prepared by him embodying the results of his recent investigations into this subject. It is to be hoped that Prof. Whitney can be induced to deliver this lecture before the students during the present season. We would...
Several of the university foot-ball team have been unable to play for the last few days on account of injuries; it is hoped that their recovery will be rapid so that they may soon resume their places on the team. The play of the eleven is materially affected by every day of their absence...
...practice games with the university many of the freshmen are showing up very finely, and on the whole '87 may be considered as making a very fair start. They must remember, however, that they have only made the start as yet, and that improvement must be steady and rapid if they are to beat Yale this fall. For the first time the freshman eleven here will be under the supervision of the university eleven as it is at Yale, and it is hoped that this will give the '87 team an advantage over former freshmen elevens. But their time...
...universities by thousands, the extortions by lodging-house keepers became intolerable, and energetic measures were devised to repress them, as at Oxford, at Paris and at Bologna. Students do not yet flock to Harvard in such multitudes; but the growth of the university in recent years has been so rapid and the increase in the number of students has been so great, that the available means of personal accommodation have been quite unequal to the demand. This fact undoubtedly reflects high honor upon the faculty, instructors and government of the institution, but it may be a question whether this very...