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...beast which was both humane and sanitary. Using a long, smooth blade, twice the width of the animal's throat, they severed with a delicate stroke, scrupulously exact, the fourth ventricle of the trembling sheep, permitting the body to lie undisturbed until the blood had thoroughly drained from its lax veins. The ritual has never changed. Meat that is not fit for a sacrifice is, to the orthodox, not fit to eat. If there is any blemish in the manner of the killing, the meat of that killing is treife, unclean; it taints whatever it touches, and it were better...
...Very lax supervision . . . frequenting of one another's rooms . . . very considerable drinking...
...Young men and young women are, through force of circumstances, living with less protection from moral temptation than is desirable. It is known that, in some places where men and women students live in the same house, there is very lax supervision and that the frequenting of one another's rooms, both during day and night, is not at all unheard...
...some of the rooming houses young men, and young women are, through force of circumstances, living with less protection from moral temptation than is desirable. It is known that in some places where men and women students live in the same house there is very lax supervision and that the frequenting of one another's rooms, both during the day and night, is not at all unheard...
...after graduating shows a tendency to study hard and industriously, according to the Dean. This is the case with law and medical students, who work exceptionally hard. The student who does not see that his learning will soon be put to practice, however, shows a tendency to be very lax in his studying. This is especially true of the men specializing in the Liberal Arts...