Word: mental
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There seems to be an unfortunate failing, a sort of blindness which suggests mental weakness, that takes a firm grip on large numbers of Freshmen every year. They have to be told upon all possible occasions where they can do most to benefit themselves, and there is no end to the necessity of prodding them on to do things which they ought to have sense enough to do of their own accord. If there is one thing which can put a new man at Harvard in the way of making friends with his classmates and can give him a dignified...
...most happiness and serviceableness to himself and to his fellow men. He must have first of all have a body available for the uses of life. This is not indispensable but it is a good sound sign of a promising career. The power of strenuous application, of assiduous mental labor, I count the next in importance. The man who is fresh while others are tired, is sure to win an advantage in the competition of the world. Another mental trait which University life ought always to develop is independent thinking. Let a man think about the thoughts of wiser...
...scholarship under the present system, the facts considered are the needs of the student and his promise as indicated by his work in College. A student not in need of aid can not honorably apply for a scholarship, nor can a scholarship be awarded to one who from physical, mental or moral weakness, gives little promise of future usefulness...
...were reserved for the small, advanced courses as far as possible without conflicting. This would relieve the pressure on the morning and afternoon hours and the big lecture courses could be better divided. There are some minor advantages to evening hours. The process of taking lecture notes requires less mental exertion than writing a theme or studying a text-book. Therefore, it would be more rational to do this original work in the morning when the brain is fresh, and save the evening for the more mechanical tasks. The athletes would certainly prefer evening courses to afternoon recitations...
Supplementary Chapter, Training: 1, Physical; 2, Mental; 3, Moral...