Word: mind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enable them to read newspapers and periodicals with understanding. It is comparatively easy to have a fair knowledge of what is happening in the world, but it is often quite difficult to know the significance of those events, or to understand the great questions which agitate the public mind. It would therefore be valuable to all if some instructors would give a few lectures on the most important events and questions which are being discussed in the newspapers. Mr. Hart has explained the arguments on both sides in the controversy between the President and the Senate, and made that question...
...Doesn't seem to realize how important it is to keep his mind on his work. Apt to swing down into the boat on the recover. Clips badly at the beginning of the stroke. Must sit up to it better...
...regard to the election of a Yard Committee, which takes place to-day, we would offer a few suggestions. In the first place, it should be borne in mind that for such a committee to be really effective, it should be composed of men who have decided influence among their classmates, - men who would prove competent to quell any undue disturbance without resorting to violent measures. The college does not need men distinguished for their size and weight, who could act as yard policemen in a case of necessity, but rather quiet, earnest men, who, by their cool, common sense...
This afternoon occurs the first of the freshman championship series, the game with Yale, '89. We have been led to expect a very exciting contest; the men on both nines have been working hard and faithfully, and have kept this game in mind from the very beginning. Every freshmen should make it a point of being present to encourage and support the home nine by cheering and applause; and such encouragement and support are absolutely necessary. As for the members of the nine, we are sure they will do their part, and do it as well as possible. They should...
...case, on his own ability to make his way in the world, success can only come from hard work. Spencer well says, "The first requisite for success in life is to be a good animal." Sound health is indispensable to activity, either of the body or of the mind, but it must be remembered that eternal vigilance is the price of health. Under the pressure of modern civilization, the nervous system is now pushing the muscular system into the background, and good health is necessary to beat back the attacks of brain diseases. Man bears a heavy load of inherited...