Word: mental
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Academic minds may argue that military drill is not precisely part of a liberal education as it is a physical and not a mental process. Let such persons take part in one maneuver and see if their mental activity is not greater than it would be in an I.D.R. class...
...thousands of yesterday have become the billions of today as America enters the second year of her financial support of the war. Large figures no longer attract attention and have become the rule rather than the exception. Yet anyone who attempts a mental picture of a billion dollars or a million men is astounded by their magnitude. We may take pride in the greatness of our resources, but we may wonder at the strain they are now standing...
...rigors of camp and training stations--had subordinated himself to enders that must be obeyed without demur--had set himself to face terrifle perils overseas and lay down his life if he must--all for that flag! Hamerton was right when he wrote: "The two most powerful mental stimulants--since they overcome the fear of death--are unquestionably religion and patriotism." --Boston Herald...
Wherever there are soldiers there is need for books. From the barracks of Camp Devens to the Y. M. C. A. Huts on the Chemin des Dames front, all must be supplied. Military life is, at times, extremely boresome; our soldiers must have some means of mental relaxation. A Y. M. C. A. Hut bare of books is a dull and uninteresting object; with books an atmosphere of ease and homelikeness is obtained, that seems so good to a tired soldier...
...business concerns primarily interested in profits are willing to make sacrifices to aid the uneducated or mechanically inclined war cripple our schools and colleges created for public service should certainly make especial efforts to assist those capable of mental achievement. Many disabled soldiers who had left college or preparation for college to go to war will complete their college training in the natural course of events. But many more will require special assistance and special arrangements of entrance requirements and the like if they are to receive the mental training needed to place them on an equal competitive basis with...