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...neighborhood is thoroughly disgusted. Students who dine at Memorial should remember that the discipline of the Hall depends chiefly upon the observance of the rules of good conduct by each individual. The Board of Directors naturally hesitates to tranform itself into a police tribunal to censure or to expel disorderly members; but it is plain to us that one of two things must take place: either those who have been guilty of the practice spoken of must radically change their behavior in the Hall or the Directors must proceed to the extreme measures which lie in their power...
...thought I could perceive that what made this scheme unpromising was not so much the conviction that even in such clubs men would cheat, but the feeling that if any one should cheat, he would have the club at his mercy. The other members would then have to expel him unanimously; or, failing of unanimity, some would have to resign and so break up the club rather than remain associated with him; and this sort of aggressive righteousness was to much to expect from men bred in our atmosphere. A challenge to that kind of righteousness was, it seemed...
...expressed the opinion that Ater had violated rule 44 of the college, which provides that "if a student interferes with personal liberty of a member of another class or offers him any indignity or insult, he may be permanently suspended from his class." The faculty then unanimously voted to expel Ater and to further consider the charges against other sophomores charged with the same offense. The action of the faculty has caused a decided sensation, a similar action not having been taken in eight years.- Record...
There is a large amount of elastic tissue in the lungs, so that by virtue of their elasticity they can expel a large part of the air which they contain when inflated. A certain amount, however, always remains. As the heart is enclosed in a sort of sack called the pericardium, so are the lungs enclosed in a sack, the pleura, the inner part of which passes over the outside of the lungs and the outer part lines the inside of the chest. In health there is nothing between these two surfaces but a little moisture which helps them...
Vital capacity is the volume of air which a man can expel from his lungs after making the deepest inspiration of which he is capable. The vital capacity of a men 5 feet 8 inches tall is 230 cubic inches, a variation of 16 per cent. either way is the limit of health...