Word: profs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the authority of a member of the faculty for the following anecdote of Prof. Sophocles: In a certain class, some twenty years ago, there were two students of the same name, one a youth of leisure and the other a man of study. They sat side by side in the Greek section under Professor Sophocles, who was, as is known, a better scholar than instructor. The mark lists at that time were made out monthly, and Jones, the student, was surprised one morning to find that his marks were low, and the other man's were high. The professor...
...Lutz now occupies what was formerly Prof. Sophocles' room in Holworthy...
...Prof. Farlow writes on the "Cryptogamic Flora of the White Mountains" in the last number of Appalachia...
...Prof. Eugene L. Richards of Yale has written a very interesting essay on the subject of athletics. His first paper is confined to the advantages derived. He speaks of the relation of the mind and body, and of the necessity of exercise. "Exercise, to be beneficial, should be regular and systematic. To be most beneficial it should be in the open air. In consequence of the reciprocal action of mind and body, to be as beneficial as possible it should be accompanied by mental occupation. The mind should be interested in exercise while the body is engaged. But how secure...
Yale is said to be anxious to hear some able protectionist refute the arguments by Prof. Sumner in a lecture on Free Trade...