Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Board of Overseers will take final action on the prayer petition in their meeting...
...length of time which the subject has now been before the board precludes all doubt that the decision reached will be a hasty, and so probably, a prejudiced one. The question of compulsory attendance at prayers has been so thoroughly discussed, that we cannot but feel that the action of the Overseers to-day will be one which is prompted by insight and true manhood, and will satisfy the most earnest wishes of the college...
...last meeting of the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association, was re-admitted into the league. We hail this read-mission with feelings of genuine satisfaction. The position that Harvard men hold in the ranks of the amateur sportsmen is marred only by our inferiority in foot-ball. The action of the faculty last winter and our return to the college league, have placed us where we can show that our prowess in athletics is not confined to rowing, base-ball, lacrosse, polo, and field sports...
There are two kinds of unconsciousness, faintness and the stunned state. In the former the action of the heart is checked, so that the brain is cut off from its supply of blood. In the latter, the cause of unconsciousness is concussion or vibration of the brain. It is a mistake to elevate the head or pour liquid down the throat in faintness; the middle of the body, on the contrary, should be elevated. The main thing to do in cases of stunning is to keep the patient at rest, and aid the breathing. Here also, no fluid should...
...congratulate the officers of the association on the wisdom which led to this action, and feel sure that the result will justify their expectations. That they will have an interesting and exciting meeting goes without saying; the work done by the men this spring leaves no doubt on that score...