Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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First, every man should conscientiously endeavor to fit himself in the best possible manner for citizenship, of which an important part is the ability to be a good soldier. Hence a thorough knowledge and understanding of military matters...
...physical development. The coaches are on hand from two to five o'clock every afternoon, and they are glad to direct the athletic work of those who can report for it. Hence, the opportunity is present for each member of a unit in Harvard University to make himself physically fit,--to do that is a duty encumbrant upon every man who desires to serve his country most efficiently. It is the physical development of the men in general that is wanted,--not the development of a limited number of supermen, who can attain their superiority only at the expense...
Arrangements will soon be made for training properly qualified men for Sanitary Engineering in order to fit them for the Sanitary Corps of the United States Army. Several hundred men, both commissioned and non-commissioned, are needed to act as Sanitary Engineers at the various United States cantonements in France and at home. The School of Public Health at the University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the places where training will be given...
...except on Saturdays, when section meetings are held during the hour beginning at 8.20. The company is organized with a system of demerits, tardiness counting as one demerit, absence as three, insubordinate conduct as five, and other unmeritorious conduct as much as the Commanding Officer sees fit. Nine demerits are allowed in a month...
Such action was necessary, as many valuable men who are physically fit, do not wish to claim exemption. However, when they know they are needed more in the educational line, they should fill out their questionaires claiming deferred classification on this ground...