Word: systemizer
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...long ago, President Angell, of Michigan University, after most earnestly recommending the system of co-education, proudly pointed to the fact that a good proportion of the women graduates of Ann Arbor are holding conspicuous positions as medical practitioners or teachers, among them being the president and five other members of the faculty of Wellesley College. - [N. Y. Mail...
This is but the expression of an opinion that has been long since advanced by Adam Smith, but the fact that it comes from the president of a university that is noted for the liberality of its scholarship system gives it a new and greater interest. It is generally thought that the best disposal a man could make of his money was to found some scholarships in a college which would aid the poor student and reflect credit upon the profession which the student entered...
...system of written recitations is to be inaugurated in N. H. I. These recitations will take up the first ten or fifteen minutes of the hour and will supersede the present oral recitations...
...large audience listened to Dr. Sargent's lecture yesterday afternoon on the effects of the use of tobacco. The specific cause for the existence of the desire of the human system for some substance of a narcotic nature, said Dr. Sargent, cannot be stated. It is sufficient to say that from time memorial it has existed, and has been recognized as a factor in the organization of the system. The means taken to gratify this desire are not universally the same but vary in different countries. But, unquestionably, tobacco is the most prominent of the narcotic substances...
...idea that tobacco allays nervousness is exploded; as although by constant use of it the system becomes so accustomed to it as not at the time to exhibit any effect, yet it tends to irritate the nervous system. If it were not for the action of the liver and kidneys in throwing off the tobacco poison, a user of the weed could not live. The action of these organs is shown by the yellowish tint and puffed condition of the skin of the habitual tobacco user. Although it has been much discussed whether or not tobacco is good...