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...went to the Pacific coast where for a time he was engaged upon the North-West Boundary Survey. During his stay he visited the principal mines of California and collected specimens for the Museum at Cambridge. Upon his return in 1860, he became assistant in Zoology at the Museum, of which he took charge during his father's absence in Brazil. From 1866 to 1869 he was superintendent of the Calumet and Hecla Copper Company, which he developed from a state of insolvency into the most noted copper mine in the world. During the years 1869 and 1870 he carefully...
...till Thursday, the boat did not go very well; the men made a weak finish and were uncertain on their slides immediately before their catch. Yesterday, however, the boat went better than it has so far this year. The crew rowed down to the New Bridge and back. On the return trip, the men rowed in fairly good form from the New Bridge to the Harvard Bridge but the rest of the way back the rowing fell off considerably...
...Parsons graduated from Columbia University in 1879, and received the degree of C.E. three years later. In 1898 he went to China, and spent a year there building the Canton-Hankow Railway. From 1894 to 1904 he was chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York, and acting in this capacity, constructed the whole underground transit system of the city. In 1904 he was made a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and in 1905 went to Panama as a member of the Consulting Board of Engineers. He has also been a member of the Royal Commission...
During the past week several changes were made in the order of the University crew. G. F. Newton '12 went in at 6 in place of A. Strong '12, E. C. Bacon '10 at 5 in place of G. P. Metcalf '12. S. A. Sargent '10 was switched from bow to the place of F. H. Leslie '12 at 2, and G. H. Balch '12 was put in at bow. R. W. Cutler '11 at stroke, J. E. Waid '10 at 7, and L. Withington '11 at 4, were left unchanged...
Pascal, however, went too far and turned religion to asceticism; we ought rather to try to unite nature with spirit by mingling with nature and men. Nature is not altogether corrupted; it has its good sides, and they are not all reserved for the future. As Emerson says, "The sun shines today also...