Word: mental
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...understand it, is to require every student to concentrate in some field and avoid the dissipation of energy in the elementary study of a large number of unrelated subjects. Concentration necessitates the performance of a certain amount of advanced work, which is of greater advantage in developing mental power than a much larger amount of elementary work, which often consists merely in the acquisition of information, and does not necessitate any connected thought or analysis. It would seem, therefore, that the elective system were a success in forcing students to do more difficult and more beneficial work, but an administrative...
...then, can matters be remedied? The administration by its actions admits that the system is over-rigid. A large percentage of students find their original choice distasteful to them. If we can preserve the increased mental power which the present system requires and, at the same time, render it more elastic we shall have achieved a reform...
...making this award, the judges take into consideration not only the candidate's mental excellence but also his physical fitness, preferring the all-round man. The winner is entitled to three years residence at Oxford with a stipend of $1500 a year...
...present, the Africans are living in darkness and ignorance, but the race presents great possibilities for development. The men possess the mental and physical qualifications for progress but have never received instruction along proper lines. Leaders are needed for this work...
...gone to Africa has been that they have had no practical experience in actual work, being only fitted to train the minds of the Africans. By the system which will be employed at the Armstrong Institute, the physical side of the negro will be developed first, leaving the higher mental development to come later...