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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...small but much interested audience assembled in Sever 11 last evening to listen to an address by the Rev. A. P. Peabody before the Total Abstinence League...
...then referred to his own class of fifty-three members of whom 10 per cent. used intoxicating liquors, a much smaller proportion than the average class of today. None acquired the habit after leaving college, but those who had already formed the habit in college soon fell into confirmed drunkenness. It is during youth then, between 17 and 25, that a man's habits are formed. At that time he often has great confidence in himself that he will not transgress the limit which he calls soberness, but gradually he becomes more and more entangled until he reaches the border...
...college life there are many temptations. A man is among students, pleasant fellows, some of whom drink to excess; and it is in much company that he acquires evil habers which will remain with him in after life. It is a this period that man's habits are formed. His physical appetite and passions are strong; his moral will power too is strong; the curb and reins he has in his grasp. The all important question is, Which shall reign, passions and physical appetite, or the will? Granted that many successful men indulge in intoxicating liquors to a moderate degree...
...Loose comparisons are untrustworthy. (1) There is no uniform rate of wages in any country; (2) Such comparisons prove too much-American Almanac for 1889, p. 103; Shoenhof's, The Industrial situation, p. 124; Wells' Practical Economics, p. 137; (3) There are many local causes which must necessarily make wages higher in one country than in another. (a) Natural advantages-D. N. Wells, Relation of Tarriff to Wages, p. 2; (b) Standing service-Wells as above; (c) Question of unoccupied land-Sumner, Protective Taxes and Wages; North American Review...
...Perkins, i91, and Longworth, '91. Goddard, who stroked Ninety-two last year, and F. N. Watriss, D. F. Jones, and J. O. Porter, who rowed in the same freshman boat are also candidates. J. Hartridge, '90, and S. D. Parker, '91, both of whom have had much experience, will...