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General Armstrong lectured before a large sized audience in Sanders last evening on "the present condition of the Indians and the measures which ought to be taken to alleviate their distress." The arguments which were advanced have already been presented to eastern audiences many times. But the chief interest of the meeting centered in the two Indian students who accompanied General Armstrong. They, in addressing the audience, proved at least one thing, that they feel deeply the wrongs of their countrymen and would spare no efforts to abrogate those wrongs. From an educational point of view this meeting...
...examined 1897 males in the sitting position and found that in 1753, the respiration varied from 16 to 24 a minute. The proportion of respiratory acts to heart beats is about one respiration to four beats. It is a disorder of this pulse respiration ratio that sometimes causes the distress which men feel when undergoing some great physical exertion. The heart is beating out of proportion to the respirations and the distress continues till the respiratory acts overtake the heart beats and the normal ratio becomes established. A man has then his second wind, as it is called. Digestion...
...sandwiches but afterwards only one kind remains in stock, and that kind is sure to be well patronized by the supporters of the victorious crew. Of a truth the New London trader is a happy man, for, while the Cambridge or New Haven merchant must suffer in turn the distress of unpaid bills, he has shekels unnumbered thrust into his very face...
...Peabody in the Cambridge Tribune pays the following tribute to the late John Langdon Sibley. "His whole life has been a sacrifice of himself. Trained in a frugal home, and for many years with straightened income, he first made use of enlarged means in relieving distress and want, and in helping students who were struggling under adverse circumstances. He practised the most rigid economy as to his own personal expenses, that he might enjoy the greater luxury of a generous giver. He repaid the aid that he received at Phillips Exeter Academy by funds which, with their accumulations, now amount...
...without avail, for the crimson passed the three mile mark in 18m. 40s., with the crew in good condition and rowing well together, while the blue and white made the same distance in 19m. 53s., with No's. 2 and 7 giving unmistakable signs of distress. At the three and a half mile flag, Harvard hit the stroke up to 38, and passed over the line in 24m. 27s., fully a quarter of a mile in advance of Columbia. The latter crew finished...