Word: healths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact that Mr. Balch is relied on by President Eliot and the overseers, and it is said that it would be highly disrespectful to dismiss the steward against the will of the governors of the university. Respect for our governors is very well in its place; but when our health and comfort are concerned it becomes of secondary importance. President Eliot and the overseers, fortunately for themselves, do not board at Memorial Hall. Perhaps it might not be unwise to invite them to take their meals there for a month, and then ask them their opinion of Mr. Balch...
...their class window will probably be in place in Memorial Hall before commencement day. The sketch of the Virgil is finished and the Homer is well under way. The figures are to stand out in rich color from a very pale background. Mr. LaFarge has been in bad health for the last year, and work on the window has been repeatedly delayed by sickness...
...others. These letters were written in answer to questions sent out by the association to the presidents of several American universities where co-education is in operation. The effect of co-education was asked on the standard of scholarship, the manners and morals of both sexes, and the health of women students, and whether young men had been deterred from entering the university because of its introduction, and if the "college feeling" had been lessened. The answers naturally were almost unanimous in testifying to the good effects of coeducation...
Claflin, '86, has been obliged to go to Florida on account of ill-health...
...perfection. The Quartier is full of third and fourth rate "cafes," "brasseries" and "bals masques," and it is at these places that the French student seeks his recreation. He knows no sports, nor does he feel the need of any, for he is totally indifferent to the laws of health. He is most happy when with his comrades at some cafe where he can smoke, drink and play cards. He remains in his room as little as possible, as it is always uncomfortable and generally uninhabitable. If not at a cafe he is sure to be at some brasserie...