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...lectures given by Dr. Dorpfeld which takes place tonight in the Fogg Museum. The subject is an especially interesting one, not only to the specialist in classics, but to the student in architecture, fine arts or esthetics. The architecture of the buildings on the Acropolis has stood the test of centuries as the finest expression of national artistic taste and character. It is not too much to say that the education of the general student is not complete without some idea of the exquisite architecture of the buildings on the Acropolis...
...NOYES.'97 ELEVEN.- All men who have passed the strength test be out at 3.30. Other men get examined at 2 o'clock tomorrow and come out afterwards...
Harvard had no trouble yesterday in defeating Trinity in spite of the reported strength of the visiting eleven. The game was on the whole decidedly encouraging, though Trinity did not present a team strong enough to really test the ability of the Harvard line. The visitors could scarcely ever gain the required five yards, and could not prevent Harvard from steadily advancing the ball. Both teams played with a good deal of dash, but both fumbled badly. Trinity was particularly weak in this respect...
...system adopted at the Hemenway Gymnasium. These points are reckoned as follows: The number of kilos. lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos. lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip of the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one-tenth of the weight in kilos. multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight by dipping between parallel bars and pulling his weight up to his chin on the rings. Where the strength test falls below the desired standard...
...food on the prairie, the wood in the forest, all have to be made serviceable through commerce. The function of the merchant should be, not to make money, but to serve his fellows by furnishing them the necessaries of life. Every transaction is to be measured by this test. The only way in which a self-respecting man can acquire property is through his brain or his brawn. The desire to get something for nothing is in itself dishonest...