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...Coolidge employs four means of studying the skulls: the voluminous literature on the subject, x-ray pictures, scale photographs, and comparative measurements. He devotes the major part of his study to the skull, as is the custom in scientific research. He studied over 400 of them besides examining many hides and skeletons which also show great variation and are of accessory value in classification...
...particularly unfortunate that this restriction on freedom works more hardship upon some men financially less comfortable than others. This is not only out of line with the Harvard custom which deprecates distinction by wealth, but is wholly antagonistic to the spirit of democracy which is presumed to be the essence of the House Plan...
...custom hereabouts," he wrote, "to put a shilling in the pockets of a boy's first long trousers to bring him luck and wealth. May it bring Rumania's handsome little king all the luck in the world, and any additional wealth that he may desire...
...presentation of the miracle play is a custom which the Dramatic Club has carried on from year to year, one which affords students an opportunity to see a form of drama rarely produced nowadays. The cathedral background of the Germanic Museum, with its reproduction of the great arch of the cathedral of Hildesheim in Germany, forms an ideal setting for the performance...
...small encouragement--we may as well have it for the whole as for part of the season. And as to giving the captain a larger or even, as in some sports here, the sole voice in picking the team, English students themselves generally admit that the evils of the custom definitely outweigh the advantages...