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Some changes have been made this year in the method of computing the total strength of men who take Dr. Sargent's test. The tests of both forearms are now added instead of taking the average, as has up to this time been the custom. This necessitates the changing of the records of all strong men whose names have appeared in the Index. The names of such graduates as have a record of 900 or over are published below. There are about 75 other graduates whose records are better than the lowest test published in this year's Index...
...filled makes it absolutely necessary that all the good material in the University should show itself. It is unreasonable to suppose that there are only twenty-five men here who are physically able and who care enough about the matter to try for the crew. The great test now is physical strength; particular ability will show itself as the work goes on. Every man who is at all suited physically will be given a chance for a place in the boat. With so many places to fill it becomes a serious question how we are to turn out a good...
Edward Klein '95, has broken the best record ever made in a strength test by a Harvard student. The best record up to this time had been that made by S. L. Foster '85, in 1884. His total strength was 1348.8 points. Klein's total of 1445.6 is made up as follows...
...these single tests the strength of legs surpasses all previous records, the best test heretofore being...
...thing which is everywhere noticeable in America is the prominence of denominational feeling in religion. A man's acts and his spirituality are the test by which he should be judged; and while we do not want a universal creed, we do want a feeling of the brotherhood of all men. Socialists, whose very motto is the fraternity of man, are the most inlined to be uncharitable to those outside of their own class. It is for this reason that the cause of the nihilist is not to be commended, because he tries to level society by violence instead...