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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trait foreign to college be given a chance there to make of himself something more than a mere strong point? Or may he not, perhaps painfully to be sure, gain a familiarity with the average so that he may be able to make and keep contacts with society and normal life? And must a college limit itself only to averages, or will both be out of the ordinary and the average in many cases be mutually benefited by contact? John Bliss...
...Mexico things are different. Painters there are workmen; they hire out by the day, work with masons (some of them have been masons), consider themselves only as craftsmen. They live natural lives as normal men, do not exude individuality, tea and conversation, are not "salon clowns...
...extract which he called centronervin. That extract, when injected into the lymph systems and thence into the blood stream of live frogs stimulated them remarkably. It toned up their muscles, made them stronger, especially it seemed to speed up their reactions. Treated frogs saw flies more quickly than normal frogs, caught more of them. Brain juices of rats, dogs and cows caused comparable effects on individuals of those classes...
...elixir of intelligence. Idiocy, in their thoughtless declarations, was now curable. Dr. Steinach last week emphatically assured the world that it was not an elixir of intelligence, but might be called an elixir "of temperament, because it is a natural stimulant." It restores overworked and overtired nerves to normal and makes sluggish animals active...
...whole it is a good thing that he should be well rounded; at least, he will now be able to roll smoothly and comfortably through life. If he was born into the world with normal interests and average abilities, if his main ambition is to obtain a good job, settle down, pay his bills, and in other ways become a respectable member of the community, college will have given him the proper equipment. His concentration will have given him sufficient knowledge and training to hold his job; his distribution will have endowed him with certain stimulating outside interests to serve...