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Ancient pagans found the human body so interesting and puzzling that they made of it an object of worship; modern pagans like Walt Whitman claim that such an attitude is most natural. At all events, however carefully scientists have recorded facts about the body, when someone claims for it a new and more wonderful function, all known facts are brushed aside in the mad rush of unreasoning worship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE WILL TO BELIEVE" | 3/16/1923 | See Source »

Again Science comes to the rescue. This time it is the American Swiss cheese industry, which was threatened with ruin. The vital problem, explained by Professor Whitman of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, is to determine "without cutting open the cheese, when the holes are of proper size." It is easy to understand the gravity of this matter. Everyone who has had experience with the Swiss cheese of the good old-fashioned sort realizes that the holes are quite the most important part--absolutely essential, in fact, to the appearance, edibility and general atmosphere. Moreover, any cheese without the requisite number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON THE HOLE | 2/19/1923 | See Source »

...with the class as an organization and as a social institution. This committee is made up as follows: Chairman, Otis Radcliffe Rice of Springfield; secretary, Hiller Innes of Boston; Alden Briggs of Brookline; John Howland Ricketson 3rd of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Reginald Perry Rose of Old Westbury, Long Island; Loring Whitman of Boston; Benjamin Franklin Rice-Bassett of New York City; and Henry Trangott Dunker of Davenport, Ia. The last two, as president and vice-president, respectively, of the class, are members ex-officio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIM TO BRING FOREIGN STUDENTS INTO CLOSER RELATIONS WITH CLASS | 2/16/1923 | See Source »

...Wolf '24, Francis Rouillard '23 and C. A. C. Eastman, all veterans with considerable knowledge of the mat. There are, moreover, several members of last year's squad who should develop considerably with an added year's experience. These are: W. C. Westhaver '24, T. S. Whitman '23, M. Michelson '24, J. P. Crawford '24, George Karelitz '24, R. LeB. Daggett '23, G. P. Morey '24, W. G. Cole '24 and G. M. Kendall '24. There should also be some good material from last year's Freshman team including, Milton Krook '25, F. N. Millett '25, L. B. Smith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY WRESTLING SEASON STARTS MONDAY | 11/21/1922 | See Source »

Second Flight: 1. H. M. Wyzanski '23, F. C. Hord '26. 2. J. R. Whitman '23, J. C. Bancroft '23. 3. M. A. Best '23, A. W. Jones '23. 4. J. A. Brough 1L., S. H. Ordway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY-FOUR RETAINED IN QUALIFYING ROUND OF GOLF TOURNAMENT | 10/10/1922 | See Source »

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