Word: maye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...faculty at Yale has voted that the schedule of games for the nine may be adopted only on condition that there be no demonstration after any of the games except the last...
...Phillipian contains a short article on the benefits of athletic training. The material of the article is gained from an interview with Mr. F. F. Dole, the well-known trainer, who formerly had charge of the gymnasium at Andover. Particular stress is laid on the fact that weak men may become strong athletes, and as an example of the effect of athletic training upon men who were not naturally strong, two cases are cited. One of them is Wallace, Yale's end rush. who according to Mr. Dole was a slight, nervous fellow, hollow-chested and an inveterate smoker...
Anthropology may be looked on as being the link which connects all other branches of science, and we may thus through it, obtain a just idea not only of the relative position occupied by each science, but of its importance to the human race. It has the same refining effect as travel, since it brings one in contact with the rest of the world, and so we can make comparisons and from these comparisons form correct estimates of the bearing of one thing upon another...
Anthropology also enables us to study history and religion more intelligently, but we must remember that if Nature does not answer our questions, she does what is better, by telling us how we may lead a broader life. And we may rest assured that Nature understands our nature better than...
...knowledge of the temple. It is not satisfactorily known what the name Erechtheum' does signify, but the temple was devoted to the worship of Athena. The ancient wooden statue of the godess was preserved there, and the temple was often called that of Athena Polias. The temple may have lost some of its importance when the Parthenon was built. and the great chryselephantine statue of Athena...