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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...demands the immediate repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill?" Certainly not, - not even the gentleman who framed it. Will any one argue that Mr. Cleveland has "grossly transcended" his authorities, or that Home Rule is "indispensable" to England? Certainly not. The fact that the question itself is absurd, often makes the debate absurd; this, the carelessness with which disputants are chosen, and the indiscriminate way in which applause is meted out, and the reasons for the silliness which now characterizes Union debates...
...given. Milk, olive oil and the white of eggs are useful to protect the stomach from the force of the poison. The most common narcotic poison is opium. In all cases when opium is taken, the physician, on his arrival, should be told of the amount. Many mistakes are often made from this neglect. A strong narcotic will reduce the respiration to as low as six a minute, and still the patient may live. Pain, inflicted without flinching, is the only way to awaken a person from under the influence of opium. Whipping, clubbing, striking, any kind of abuse must...
...cases of fainting, all tight clothing must be immediately removed. The bloodless face of one who has fainted shows a like condition of the brain, so it is often necessary to lift the feet far above the head that the blood may return to the brain. When you use water, do not mince matters at all, but let the patient have plenty of it, and that square in the face. In cases of convulsions, be careful to protect the patient from hurting himself. Something to prevent the teeth from coming together should always be put in the mouth...
...only would valuable experience be obtained, but also under a sensible and prudent instructor, many faults in voice, manner, and language would be corrected. Thus the student could obtain in college, under favorable conditions, the practice and training which many graduates are obliged to obtain on public occasions, - often to the annoyance of their hearers and their own mortification...
...that everyone will read in another column Mr. Wendell's communication explaining the unfortunate thefts from the gymnasium. The extravagant scandals which have grown from the affair, are, as most of us in college know, due to the industry of certain undergraduate reporters for the Boston dailies. We have often spoken of the untrustworthy accounts of college matters which come out in these papers, and have urged that more care be taken in the future; but mere remonstrance has no effect. Some of these reporters are not content with merely writing what is in execrable taste; newspaper exaggeration does...