Word: brained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain must be built. . . . There is no doubt that Gutzon Borglum loves the memorial. It is the child of his brain and his soul—so dear to him that he has incriminated himself rather than have it marred by a less understanding hand. . . . The work of Gutzon Borglum has a soul. . . . And no one can lift his eyes to the majestic head of Robert Edward Lee on Stone Mountain's breast and doubt it for a moment. ... I personally am of the opinion that no other living sculptor is so ably fitted to carve this...
...French were furious. L'Eclair, Paris journal, fumed against the "Boche brain which could invent such a lie," defied the Germans to prove the story...
...goes into the tissues of the body. When the external pressure is released, as by coming out of a caisson or being raised to the surface of the water, the excess nitrogen in human tissues tends to form bubbles. If one of these occurs in the spinal cord or brain it may cause paralysis or death. If they form in the right half of the heart they are forced into the lungs where they form a frothy mixture, interfering with circulation and breathing. These effects give rise to what is known as compressed air illness or caisson disease...
What is necessary to change the fundamentally false attitude of the majority and the minority, too, is an adoption of the same policy for studies which is employed for play; "Athletics for all" must be paralleled by "Scholarship for all." Competition of brain must take its place by competition of brawn. Only so can the over emphasis on athletics, the sin of American colleges, be remedied...
...Stoddard went on to emphasize the importance of physical fitness for University students. Speaking of the failure of Crimson athletic teams he said, "Get a better type of Freshman and the victories will follow." He continued with the statement that physical fitness is necessary for an alert brain as well as athletics...