Word: lessing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...view. This year only 0.97 per cent. of the Freshmen were grouped in Class A as having a good mechanical use of the body; 14.8 per cent. fell in Class B as being fairly good in this respect; 49.3 per cent. were put in Class C as being less satisfactory; 34.8 per cent. were placed in Class D; all the members of this class were considered to use their bodies very badly...
...percentage of Freshmen who were not vaccinated against smallpox has run fairly evenly at 5 per cent throughout these five years. As might be expected, the number who had been vaccinated against typhoid fever had greatly increased. In 1914, the number was less than 1 per cent. In 1919, it was 22.6 per cent. This, of course, can be attributed to the interest in anti-typhoid innoculation induced...
...damaged heart without knowing it. This emphasizes an opinion which has been expressed before, namely, that perhaps the most important result from the physical examination of Freshmen is the ability to assure these Freshmen that they are organically sound. This year we found no cases of undoubted tuberculosis, and less than 1 per cent of Freshmen who would require supervision for possible lung damage...
...arriving at this rating it was attempted to adopt the same mental attitude as one might adopt the same mental attitude as one might adopt in deciding upon college grades for academic work. A and B are the types whose bodily mechanics are commendable, while C and D are less satisfactory. The process points which we noted are as follows: Group A; Good Mechanical Use of the Human Body. 1. Head straight above chest, hips and feet. 2. Chest up and forward. 3. Abdomen in or flat. 4. Back usual curves not exaggerated. Group B; Fairly Good Mechanical...
...period of not longer than six months and not less than three months men will be gathered into great camps in the various sections of the country. During this time it will be the chief aim of the instruction to better the physical condition of the men and instil in them the rudiments of fighting upon which the whole complicated system of training might be built in the future...