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...first actual proof of any consequence we have had that the change in the football rules has led to a diminution in the number and extent of injuries. The spectator soon realized that he found more entertainment in witnessing a good exhibition of the open game with wide runs, passes and frequent kicks than in watching four hundred and fifty pounds or more of concentrated power forcing their way through one small hole from one end of the field to the other. The player welcomed the change and now such decisive statistics as these from the medical authorities complete...
...Senior years, but in the main the old prescribed system of study then prevailed. The majority of the Harvard men trained under the compulsory system, put a broad foundation under their culture, while they were able by improving opportunities which in after-life never came again to enter into wide fields of thought and knowledge, lying wholly outside of their special life-calling...
...enrolment of nearly 500 students. Many leaders in the "New Turkey" movement are graduates of this institution, and the education here afforded to the youth of the Balkan Peninsula was the cause of the uprising which resulted in Bulgarian independence. Dr. Washburn has been able to acquire a wide knowledge of the life and problems of the Balkan states, and is at the present time the foremost authority in this country on conditions in the Turkish Empire. In recognition of his work he has been awarded the degree of LL.D. by the Universities of Michigan and Princeton, and the order...
...organized on a new basis, Dean Sabine was placed at the head of the Graduate School of Applied Science, the position that he now holds. For a year, in 1907-08, he served admirably as one of the three Faculty members of the Athletic Committee and his resignation was widely regretted. Dean Sabine was graduated from Ohio State University in 1886, and after receiving his A.M. degree, became an instructor in physics in Harvard. In 1895 he became an assistant professor, and in 1905 a full professor. He has a wide reputation as an authority on acoustics. He was born...
...achievements of Professor White received wide recognition. He was awarded the honorary degree of Litt.D. by Cambridge University in 1900, and that of Doctor of Laws by Wesleyan University in 1896 and by Ohio Wesleyan University in 1905. He held the position of chairman of the first managing committee of the American School or Classical Studies at Athens, and is honorary president of the Archaeological Institute of America, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an honorary member of the British Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Professor White is the author of numerous school...