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...kind of muscular wall. This wall was sometimes lacking from birth, and owing to the imperfect circulation, people thus afficted turned a bright blue; this disease, cyanosis, is very apt to kill the sufferer in a few years. Having located the heart the lecturer proceeded to show how the blood going from the right auricle was passed into the ventricle and then sent travelling over the body. But ignorance of medical terms prevents our describing it at length...
...eminence in inter-collegiate contests. They are peculiarly fortunate in being under the supervision of that year's crew. A year ago now, it looked as though Cornell was not to be represented in the inter-collegiate contests of 1885. No men were in training, and no interest show in the navy; yet Cornell sent out one of the strongest crews that has ever gone forth to capture the inter-collegiate pennant or win the challenge cup. When the state of affairs last year is contrasted with their present condition, how different is the prospect. If the men who have...
Beside instruction in Agriculture, there are courses in Botany, Chemistry, and Applied Zoology - everything in connection with farming which is made a science of itself. No examinations are required for admission; but the student must show his ability to profit by the instruction. The tuition is the same as at the college, namely, $150 per annum...
...these courses regular recitations are held, and no examinations are given; the men meet the instructor at certain times merely to show him their work and to obtain his advice as to its further pursuance. The student is relieved from all hack-work, and is afforded an opportunity of pursuing his special topic with the maximum freedom...
...will be expelled, though, who knows? The editors promise us a rich treat in the next number, marking the completion of the fortieth volume of Harvard's oldest paper. The number will be entirely made up by contributions from former editors, and a glance at the proof sheets show that it will be of unusual interest. The Advocate has now lived for twenty years, and is the only Harvard paper to attain that venerable age. It seems this year that the Advocate has received a new lease of life, and that rivalry has done her good. We wish her twenty...