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...superficial view which we are taking of the anatomy of the human body, the skin may be considered as composed of two layers, the outer of which is known by various names, as the scarf skin, epidermis, or cuticle. It serves as a covering to protect the true skin beneath it. There are in this epidemis no blood-vessels or sensory nerves. The thickness of this outer skin varies, in different parts of the body, from 1-240 to 1-12 of an inch. This increase in thickness is due, in a measure, to the pressure to which these parts...
Under the supervision of the new Dean of the Scientific School, Prof. Chaplin, the facilities for a practical application of the scientific principles, taught in the various branches, have been greatly increased. The lower rooms of the building have been fitted up with elaborate apparatus for testing the strength of building material, and the students take a very hearty interest in their work. Every effort to raise the standard of the Scientific School nearer to the level of such institutions as the Institute of Technology, the School of Mines, or the Stevens Institute, is to be praised and encouraged...
...hall. The party consisted of four Germans, two Russians, two Roumanians, and one representative each from Poland, Switzerland, Greece, and America, and a wild fantastic group they made, both in appearance and in opinions. Their dress was plain, but varied and nondescript, partaking of the striking characteristics of the various nationalities represented. The determined though uneasy air of each man showed plainer than any words the powerful and turbulent forces with which despotic governments would later be compelled to contend...
...present holds a chair at Dalhousie College, Halifax. Furthermore, the department of oriental languages will be discontinued. Next year, beside the probable establishment of the Cornell law school, special attention will be paid to the classical and chemical departments, each of which will be built up in various directions. - Boston Herald...
...funeral dirge was then sung to the doleful tune of Auld Lang Syne, and then with cheers for the various classes and groans for the faculty, the meeting broke...