Word: good
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...English and the classics, and states that the instruction of the college has been directed to giving command over the languages, rather than to securing knowledge of certain pieces of Latin and Greek. In this connection he emphasizes the advantages of the sight reading system and points out the good tendencies of the method now recognizable. The endeavors of the faculty to improve the teaching of elementary science in the secondary schools is next touched upon, and the results of voluntary chapel exercises come in for a word of comment. On this much-mooted question, President Eliot says: "The experience...
JAMES W. BRINE, 10 and 11 Harvard Row, is headquarters for all kinds of custom work or repairing. Prices low for good work...
...room, where they are busy until five o'clock. At five they take a fast run of a mile out-of-doors, and this ends their work for the day-a little more than an hour having been used. The plan of having two rowing rooms is a very good one, and the men like it. The fact that two crews row simultaneously of course prevents much waiting. and the consequent great waste of time is done away with. The greatest good, however, is that the university crew is no longer molested by the class crews, but has a rowing...
...heavy men active and energetic, improving 'the functional capacity of heart and lungs and stimulating the nervous system.' It makes non-combative men self-reliant and self-respectful. We might add to the professor's statement that boxing brings a large number of muscles into play, and is a good strengthener of the arms, back, and, above all, the legs; that it deepens the chest and strengthens in only a less degree the abdominal muscles...
JAMES W. BRINE, 10 and 11 Harvard Row, is headquarters for all kinds of custom work or repairing. Prices low for good work...