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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have heard numerous complaints from members of the freshman class about the wretched state of the air in Sever 11 during the lectures in Rhetorics. The instructor has often informed the class that on account of the heaviness of the air he found it impossible to continue his lecture to the end of the hour. This is an evil from whose effects we all have suffered, and it would be gratifying to see the college do something, or pretend to do something to remedy it. The lecture rooms in the old hall of the University of Berlin are even worse...
...influence is anaesthetic; indeed this is its charm and attraction. All the senses and organs are dulled, and pain vanishes. But the action of the brain also is impaired by it, so that no good work can be accomplished after taking alcohol. Its effect on sick people is often beneficial; and affords a stimulating tone to the nerves of the mouth and stomach. This, however, can as well be gained by such drinks as milk or effervescent waters. One and a half fluid ounces of alcohol, the equivalent of a half glass of sherry, in twenty-four hours...
...full development. Now at last the college has been transformed. And I hope it is not with idle pride that we now believe it to be the most liberal in its advantages, the most complete, the best American university. And yet the change is not so great as is often thought. In my day even we already had the elective system. The senior and part of the junior year studies, if I remember, were wholly optional. To day the average age at entrance is what ours was at graduation. The 'boy' who elects his freshman year studies...
...than that, half of my satisfaction here has come from this informal and unreserved intercourse with students. Yet now that I know hundreds of students, I find, naturally enough, that I have little time for the work which I have promised the college to do. Consequently this work has often been driven into the night; I am in danger of breaking down, and am told that I must either leave Cambridge soon or find hours for labor and hours for rest...
...into which so many persons can enter with so small a chance for possible harm, and there is no form of exercise more beneficial, as well as exhilarating to men enjoying average good health. The slow runs are not severe - for the running is not continuous and there is often an opportunity for walking or even resting. No one is compelled to race for home when the break is made. Therefore, men who have never done much running need not fear to try their modest powers in the weekly hunts. Then, too, it is not the best short distance runner...