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...following men from '86 have been elected as the second ten of the Everett Athenxum: Messrs. Huddlestor, G. B. Stevens, Palmer, Weed, Lloyd, R. W. Jennings, O. B. Roberts, La Monte, Kendall and Snyder...
...blood corpuscules are ranged regularly in rows, but in an habitual user of tobacco these corpuscules are not ranged in order but are apparently confused, and the liquid which supports them is much thinner. So that, for instance, a cut in the hand of a man who uses the weed requires a much longer time to heal than a cut in the hand of one who does not. Tobacco acts first as an irritant, then has no effect, and finally as a paralyzing agent upon one just beginning to use it, so that instead of its being...
...system becomes so accustomed to it as not at the time to exhibit any effect, yet it tends to irritate the nervous system. If it were not for the action of the liver and kidneys in throwing off the tobacco poison, a user of the weed could not live. The action of these organs is shown by the yellowish tint and puffed condition of the skin of the habitual tobacco user. Although it has been much discussed whether or not tobacco is good for a man when used moderately, yet there can be no doubt of its injuriousness to growing...
...experienced men to go into training before Christmas, but with freshmen the case is different. It may be considered an open question whether a freshman crew can be got into shape in time by commencing after Christmas. Again, a long course of training tends, especially among new men, to weed out all who do not take interest in their work, and those who are apt to be slack in observing training rules. So it will readily be seen that there are reasons why the freshman crew should train the whole nine months...
...remains of Thurlow Weed lay in state in St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Albany, N. Y., for several hours on Saturday, and were afterwards interred in the Rural Cemetery...