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...sound and who had properly and carefully trained, has ever been injured in a 'Varsity race, either in this country or in England. A certain amount of exhaustion is a necessary result of any severe physical contest where the participants are using their nervous and muscular energy to the highest degree. It takes some little time to regain the energy thus expended;--in rowing, perhaps longer than in most other sports--but if the recovery is complete, and I say again there is nothing to show that it is not, is any harm done? Are we to give up contests...
...rule governing the election of Marshals was: "Every elector shall vote for three candidates for Marshals, indicating his preference for First, Second and Third Marshal. Of the three elected, that candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshal shall be First Marshal; of the other two elected, that one whose total vote for First and Second Marshal shall be greater shall be Second Marshal; the other candidate elected shall be Third Marshal...
...Every elector shall vote for three candidates for Marshals, indicating his preference for First, Second and Third Marshal. Of the three elected, that candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshal shall be First Marshal; of the other two elected, that one whose total vote for First and Second Marshal shall be greater shall be Second Marshal; the other candidate elected shall be Third Marshal. Any ballot which does not conform to this regulation will be thrown...
...These essays trace the growth of the Hebraic democracy from its earliest stages to the present day; describing the downfall of the Roman policy of imperialism and the rise of the rights of the people, religious, educational, political and industrial. The author believes that the United States represent the highest modern development of democracy; accordingly the problems, the possibilities and the dangers which present themselves to the members of a democracy are treated by him in the specific forms which they assume for American citizens. Among the topics which are specially discussed are the Indian question, the negro question, woman...
...closing, Professor Norton strongly emphasized the boundless debt we all owe to Harvard, saying that the only way we can begin to repay it is by making ourselves the worthiest men and living closest to our highest ideals...