Word: health
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...SEDGWICK, of the class of 1877, son of William Ellery Sedgwick, of the class of 1846, was born in 1854, at New Rochelle, in the State of New York. That locality is subject to intermittent fever, and Sedgwick began life with this and perhaps other disadvantages in point of health. A pleurisy which he contracted last November affected his lungs so seriously that a change of climate became necessary, and, though extremely unwilling that his studies should be interrupted, he had consented to go to Europe for a few months. But a catarrhal pneumonia supervened upon other troubles, his strength...
...Dining Hall is at present managed as cheaply as possible without seriously injuring our health, and I think it is an open question whether the majority of students are not of opinion that if the grade of food were higher their health and comfort would be greatly improved; but there is no way of deciding such a question, and therefore, out of deference to the necessities of the few, the many are obliged to be content with inferior food, unless they are willing to pay at a private house a price which shall not only give them good food...
...them. Four dollars was fixed as the minimum, with the idea that for a little more than that a student could get good, plain food, simply but well cooked, which would be all that could be expected of an arrangement to allow us to economize without danger to our health. In point of fact, I believe the price has averaged perhaps thirty or fifty cents above the minimum, yet even now I think it is an open question whether the grade of food is high enough for men who are leading a sedentary life. I do not intend to trespass...
...effect which Memorial Hall fare has on me. I do not think that the amount of studying which I do is too much; I am always regular in my exercise, and a portion of every day is spent in some kind of relaxation; I take-every precaution to insure health, and yet I find that I have to force myself to eat as a matter of duty, and my life is wretched because of the unpleasant taste that lingers in my mouth after a day of Memorial fare. I am convinced that my trouble is not subjective, that...
...words in regard to a suggestion which has been made concerning them. If a week could be left just before the beginning of the annuals, the cramming for that dreaded ordeal could be done with more profit as regards marks, and with more safety as regards health, than is possible now. Men will read over the work of the year just before examination, in spite of whatever may be said or done, and they will be forced to "cram" as long as the present system of work is maintained, or, in other words, as long as three weeks of examination...