Word: health
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...honoring the name of Francis Parkman in a place so closely connected with his memory as Cambridge. It was in the wild country on the north side of the city that there was born within him that strong love for nature that characterizes all his writings. Prevented by ill health from concentrating his energies entirely upon his vocation, he took up horticulture as an avocation and was eminently successful, especially in the cultivation of lilies and roses. Francis Parkman was the first professor of horticulture in Harvard University. He was also for some time a Fellow of the University...
...announced in another column, the number of new men in the Law School at the present time is smaller than at a corresponding time last year; this decrease in numbers, however, is a sign rather of health than of decline. Last year it was announced that beginning with this fall term no special students were to be admitted to the school without passing the regular examinations. As most of these specials were not college graduates, the effect has been to increase very largely the proportion of college graduates to the whole number of men. This of course is distinctly...
...Walcott, of the Corporation, spoke of the excellent opportunities offered both by Cambridge and the University for maintenance and upholding of good health. It was for the students to make personal use of these opportunities...
...Sargent announces a class in gymnasium work open to all members of the University who wish to pursue a regular systematic course of training in view of maintaining their health and improving their general physical condition. The exercises will consist of free movements, wand and dumb-bell drills, etc., and will be carried on in a progressive series through the fall and winter terms. The class will meet at the gymnasium at 5 o'clock each week-day except Saturday and exercise steadily for half an hour. Attendance upon the class exercises is voluntary, but regular positions on the floor...
...kind of living, of preparation. And now Ninety-three of Harvard enters the world to seek its fortunes along the same lines which other classes have trod. Her record here has shown that her members are well fitted to undertake the responsibilities of a broader field of work. That health and prosperity may ever attend this last off-spring of "Fair Harvard," and that she may reflect just praise on her proud alma mater is the wish which Ninety three must carry out into the world with...