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...Burrell, lately Surgeon General in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia spoke first on "The Medical Examination." The requirements for admission to the United States Army are very rigorous, especiall in time of peace. No minor can enter the army without the written consent of his parents. The recruit must weigh under 190 pounds and must be less than 5 ft. 10 in. tall. He is carefully examined by the army surgeon and is rejected if found at all defective in body. He may wear glasses, must have no internal defects, nor defects in ears or teeth. Then if passed, after...
...class of '72 is to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of its graduation this year by a gift of a large clock, to be placed in the tower of Memorial Hall. The clock will have a fifteen-foot dial and a bell, to strike the hours, which will weigh about 3000 pounds. The gift, which is to cost over $6,000, has been tendered by the class and accepted by the Corporation...
...such a punishment is deserved. But for the man who is honest at heart, a good fellow in every way, who, by the accumulation of work or the natural inability to write a theme, succumbs to the temptation of copying, the punishment is too severe. The Administrative Board should weigh a man's case with the utmost care before proceeding to this extreme remedy. A distinction should be made between the purely vicious man and the weak man, naturally honest, who has succumbed to a powerful temptation...
Sprague at six has come down very much in weigh, although he is still the heaviest man in the boat, weighing at present 179 pounds. He sits in the boat beautifully, but gets a little extra body swing at the full reach and is apt to be slow in driving his legs...
...willing nature does influence us in our belief. But, remembering that in our dealings with nature we are not makers but recorders of truth, we should seek to avoid error and seek for truth. We must weigh reasons with an indifferent mind; for the best investigator is one who is impartial...