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...those who have shown their talents by their achievements. Obviously, no race can maintain its quality if it practices those methods which stock breeders would adopt if they aimed at the production of an inferior stock, that is, by breeding principally from inferior or mediocre individuals. From this standpoint, President Eliot's observations concerning the size of the families of Harvard graduates are especially significant...
...weather has made the track slow. The men, however, are in good condition and the games should therefore furnish good competition, if not very excellent performances from the standpoint of records. Prizes will be given for first and second places in each event, but the Wells Cup for the quarter-mile will not be run for. Only the first and second men in the trial heats will quality for the finals. The handicaps will not be announced until directly before the games...
...Department of Philosophy in Sever 11 at 8 o'clock tonight. The subject for the series in general is "Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking." "Pragmatism" is that system of philosophy, first so named by Mr. Peirce, which views philosophical questions primarily from the standpoint of their practical bearing upon life. The lecture tonight will be a definition of the system and an explanation of its terms...
...Zoological Club. Venezuela from a Collector's Standpoint. Mr. A. H. Clark.--Short Papers. Room 1 fourth floor, Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...Zoological Club. Venezuela from a Collector's Standpoint. Mr. A. H. Clark.--Short Papers. Room 1 fourth floor, Museum of Comparative Zoology...