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...truth, the Advocate's savage strictures seem to me to be the more unfeeling, because they are undoubtedly true; where the fault lies, and how it is to be remedied, is the awkward question which must be soon decided. There is an abuse, quite as had as the rest, which the writer of the editorial in question did not point out, and that is the extravagant and ridiculous language in which the questions for debate are couched. The debates themselves show that the participants are very careful to avoid arguing the question directly as put; for instance, does anyone believe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD UNION. | 5/1/1886 | See Source »

...game against the Cambridge juniors last Friday, and are to be congratulated upon the stand which they made against players so much more experienced in playing matches. But however much eighty-nine is to be congratulated upon the work of its twelve on Saturday, it should not rest satisfied until a team much stronger still is put in the field; one which will cast in the shade the work of any previous freshman twelve. This cannot be done unless more men go out and practice. As it is at present there are scarcely more candidates than there are places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

...mingle with heretical and wicked Unitarians. They hold that the aim of their organization is rather to foster sectarianism, than by a working union between all Christians in college, to spread unfeigned religious thought. They think that by snubbing some of their "Brethren," they will set before the rest of the world a fair pattern of the kindliness and brotherly love preached by Christ. This movement of exclusion, a bit of mediaeval intolerance must appear strange here in the most liberal university of America, - while Dr. Peabody, the patron saint of the Christian Brethren, still lives in our midst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 4/26/1886 | See Source »

...better health when we have a sufficient quantity at regular times. The adaptability of the human system is very great, and is shown very markedly in the matter of sleep. The insane can sustain long continued conditions of sleeplessness. Every organ and tissue in the body must have rest, or they soon become worn out. The heart must make use of the intervals between beats to obtain necessary repose. The cause of sleep is the using up of potential energy. When we are fatigued by excessive mental labor, prolonged sleep will not bring the needed relief. The causes of sleeplessness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 4/22/1886 | See Source »

...following are the officers of the Delta Upsilon for the rest of the year: pres., C. R. Fletcher, '86; vice-pres., H. H. C. Bingham, '87; sec'y, S. L. Harding, '86; treas., R. S. Bickford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 4/22/1886 | See Source »