Word: mental
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is danger in the editorial, for it fails to distinguish between the explorer and the mere aimless wanderer. Perhaps the four years of college are intended for "mental browsing," but unless some of that which we browse on is digested, wherein lies its value? A little too much emphasis is laid by the editorial on going out for everything, not quite enough on doing well what...
...curious to note that the man who named appendicitis--a disease which has led to so much criticism for alleged reckless operating--was a physician very conservative himself in the matter of operations. This conservatism was a dominant mental trait, of a piece with his rather reserved personality, under which, however, for those who know him well, flowed a vein of genial humor. It was often remarked that he and the late Dr. Maurice Richardson were the close friends they were "by the law of opposites...
...connect all the buildings, so that students could go from building to building easily. Some students don't know these things. They think that the grass was planted to prevent sore feet from walking on the hard paths. And they don't know that it is a sign of mental weakness to change their minds when half-way between two buildings and decide to go somewhere across the grass where they had not intended. Other students know all these things, however, and like to conceal it. So these students see how near they can come to the paths without stepping...
...test of hour examinations. If you pass them satisfactorily, you can go on with whatever activities you may choose; if you fail, you have broken training in every branch of College interests which may attract you. You are then absolutely debarred from competition and have broken a mental training as disgracefully as you could break an athletic training...
...discussion which will demand increasing attention, namely, universal athletics, voluntary or compulsory. The need of physical education is well stated in Dr. Bradford's article seeking to inculcate the opinion "that recreation is advisable as well as some daily exercise, that dissipation is wrong, that excess leads to mental impairment, and that indigestion is indication of poor health." Dr. Sargent considers the successful instruction in physical exercise given in Hemenway Gymnasium during the summer school sufficient warrant for fuller official recognition, and points out the field in which educated athletic directors can be of great service...