June 3, 1892.] 



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Theories of Price Regulation," by Arthur T. Hadley; on " Massa- 

 chusetts and the Saybrook Platform," by Williston Walker; and 

 on "Labor Troubles between 1834 and 1837,'' by Evans WooUen, to- 

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— Professor W. O. At water, in an instructive article in TJie 

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 years, one of the most important fundamental problems has been 

 strangely overlooked, viz., the scientific study of food. The 

 coming man will avoid four mistakes that are now largely made: 

 (1) he will not buy as expensive kinds of food as are now gen- 

 erally bought, because some of the least expensive foods are the 

 most nutritive and palatable; (2) with further scientific informa- 

 tion the coming mm will value foods in proportion to their 



nutritive qualities; (3) if^ foods are bought and eaten with refer- 

 ence to their nutritive qualities, and not to mere fashion or habit, 

 it would require a much less quantity to keep a man in his best 

 working condition than is now generally consumed; (4) there 

 will be a revolution wrought in the present way of cooking, 

 which is both wasteful and primitive and far behind our ad- 

 vancement in almost every other art. Professor Atwater gives 

 the results of practical studies in diets made to show these con- 

 clusions. And he asks: "Has man yet reached his highest de- 

 velopment ? The poorer classes of people — and few of us realize 

 how numerous they are — the world over are scantily nourished. 

 The majority of mankind live on a nutritive plane far below that 

 with which we are familiar. We may hope for the best culture, 

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 of mind and soul ? " President Dwight, In his article, also in the 

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 women to its advanced courses, makes an eloquent discussion of the 

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