Tag: May 1902

President Northrop’s Unstrenuous Warning: Did the Americans of 1902 Already Live Too Much?
MINNEAPOLIS, May 10, 1902 – In a chapel talk that left a crowd of 2,000 students stirred, President Northrop of the University of Minnesota boldly declared that Americans today don’t live too strenuous a life. This may seem counterintuitive, but the president argued that in comparison to fifty years ago, life has become far less…
