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Interesting loans from Dr. D. W. Ross '75 which have been placed in the cases in the Ross corridor are a Chinese bowl of rare delicacy and beauty, dating from the Lung period; four Persian tiles and two fragments of Persian pottery; four pieces of Chinese carved agate dating probably from the XVIII century; and a Chinese sceptre probably of jade, and dating also from the XVIII century...
...action upon Mr. Behymer's revelations and the way to terrorism still lies open. Think of the awful possibilities of the future. First, the Parcel Post handled eggs, then eggs hatched in the form of chickens, then these chickens grown up to fully developed hens and roosters of unlimited lung power,--and now alligators. The process of evolution still remains unchecked. If alligators have any of the qualifications of guinea pigs, it would be well for the Postal Authorities to profit by the sufferings of that valiant official of the sister service, the express,--Mr. O'Flaherty of "Pigs...
...means, and perhaps it works injustice. But that the A, Q, scheme will be a worthy substitute is not so certain, especially when we hear how it is to be conducted. Mental ability, claims Professor Thorndike, is a physical factor that can be measured as carefully as weight, lung capacity, or blood pressure. Education is human engineering, and should be carried on like other sciences, with the use of units such as the foot-pound, the volt, or the calorie. The exact units to be used for each type of mental test have not yet been fully determined, but when...
...life-long experience, that it is the shorter distances that do the harm to the men. It is the pace that kills in rowing, as it does in any other athletic activity. The longer the race the slower the stroke and the less strain on the heart and lung; the shorter, the quicker and the greater strain...
...convinced. Mr. Benet breathes up to the ballad; that is his essential lung-power. In the ballad, with its burthen and repetend its flash and glitter and panoply of words, its haunting tonalities, our poet is peculiarly happy. Not that we deny his virtuosity. Mr. Benet can turn from Two Visions of Helen to Italy of the 16th century, hover for a beautiful moment on the Iseult legend, and bob up at 8.30 A. M. on 32nd street all in the space of 2 hours and 97 pages! But and we risk monotony the ballad is his measure...