Word: mental
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...theatres. It is no longer a moot question whether they are desirable, for they have been proved conclusively to represent a form of dramatic relaxation--relaxation to the extent of putting a public which has witnessed a few of these into a receptive mind for plays with more mental meat in them. Truly a good influence. "Mary's Ankle," which is now on exhibition at Ye Wilbur Theatre is just that type of play. It takes not one ounce of brains to appreciate it and thus will make a big appeal to those wearied by examinations and to the poor...
...article is also noteworthy in that it appears on the same day that the Emergency Council at Yale, through the Yale News, advises men to continue their physical and mental training for future service to the Government, rather than abandon the present training for immediate but less effectual service...
...officers will be appointed for the purposes of drill and administration in the Corps; but the members of the Corps must remember that the mere attainment of cadet rank should not be the main ambition of members of the Corps during this training. It will take the utmost effort, mental and physical, of every man to perfect himself in the short time available to be a leader of even a small body of troops...
Such an accusation, however hidden, coming at this period is barely decent. The examining officers know the physical and mental abilities of some hundreds of would-be officers who, keeping a wise weather eye on the draft bill, decided they would rather carry an officer's sabre than a private's rifle, although they had not the physical stamina to carry either on parade, nor the moral stamina to carry either in battle. It is largely such men who are now whimpering that they were not chosen. It need not be said whether their first thought is for their country...
...continued state of indecision results in moral and mental demoralization. This country has been in such a state for a dangerously long period, and the unfortunate resulting effect on the men in the University can be clearly seen. Everyone has been groping among chaotic uncertainties for a personal solution of the question, "What shall...