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Founded in 1837 by sturdy Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, the school dominates the tiny town of Davidson, in the Pledmont region of North Carolina. The small men's college operates under the belief that its primary aim should be the all-round development of each of its students. For this reason, equal emphasis is placed on the religious, the physical, and the social facets of education, in addition to academic growth...
...part British Scotch...
They favor different methods of taking exercise. Eisenhower plays golf (upper 80s), and has a rowing machine and an electric exercise bicycle. Stevenson can play several sets of tennis a day; he also plays golf occasionally (low 90s) and rides. Eisenhower "drinks only a dilute highball of Scotch whisky and plain water, rarely more than two glasses before dinner." He does not smoke. Stevenson "takes an occasional social drink at night only," prefers bourbon. He smokes a pack...
...Scotch is made primarily from barley and gets its flavor from the soft water of Scotland's heather-clad hills, the peat which is burned beneath the green malt, and the sherry casks in which the spirit is matured. Irish whisky is also made from barley (not potatoes as is commonly thought) but with an admixture of other grain, rye, wheat or oats. It is not "smoke cured" and thus keeps its smooth malty flavor...
Like a chameleon on a piece of Scotch plaid, the patient has a complex pattern of response. Several of the endocrine (ductless) glands go to work. The adrenals pump out both adrenalin and cortisone-like hormones. Both lobes of the pituitary step up their activity. So, probably, does the thyroid. Triggered by these hormonal reactions, about which much is yet to be learned, the body's chemistry changes in a dozen ways...