Word: mental
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...another column this morning in regard to some general system of prescribed physical culture here at Harvard, will arouse considerable interest. The feeling has become general of late among many of our graduates, that not only are many men losing as much in bodily health as they gain in mental development during their stay in college, but that our athletes often do not make the most of themselves. In the one case it is simply because regular exercise is not thought of; in the other because it is merely seasonal...
Since the new addition to the Gymnasium, considerable agitation has been made about establishing a prescribed course of physical exercise, to count towards a degree. Such a plan, aiming to put mental and physical training on a rational basis, has undoubtedly great advantages, and on the whole seems practicable, especially as it has been tried with success in several colleges...
...seems that such a plan cannot but meet with general favor. The committee says only too truly that many men loose as much in vitality as they gain in mental strength while at Harvard, simply because they do not realize that a good body to work with is worth much more through life than a little extra cramming while in college. But this is not the only side. There are many men who do not take enough healthy exercise simply because they are too indolent. They not only wrong themselves but their college also. There are instances...
Harvard Religious Union. J. S. Mill's "A Crisis in my Mental History." Mr. C. S. Griffin. Parlors of the First Parish Church...
...School. He had a rare combination of qualities, both of mind and of temper, to make him a superior teacher of advanced pupils. For him classical learning was no mere accomplishment, a pleasing ornament for a man of letters, but an important branch of Anthropology, giving insight into the mental operations and intellectual and moral growth of ancient peoples. To him literature and monuments were records of life, and were to be interpreted by that and in turn themselves to interpret it. He said once, laughingly, that we called the Romans ancient, but when they were alive they thought themselves...