Word: mental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Charles W. Eliot, the second speaker at the dinner, declared that he had generally thought of himself as a liberal, and as an advocate of mental, social, and religious freedom for everyone. He further stated, as a basic proposition, that the American institutions are safe now and in the longest possible future...
Special training camps will be held this summer for young men between the ages of 16 and 19 according to War Department plans just announced. These camps have been designated by the department as "Red" camps and will demonstrate to parents the "physical, moral, and mental development that results from military training." The other two grades of camps which the department has provided in its system of citizen training have been denominated as "White" and "Blue". All three camps will vary as to the amount of technical training given...
...education, since only the tuition-- but a minor item in the expense of a college training of today,--would be paid by the state. To establish a state university would destroy the educational traditions of Massachusetts and make the attainment of higher training possible for those without the proper mental qualifications,--which is not justifiable to our educational system...
Referring to the doctrine of organic evolution, Mr. Seeley asked, "Where do wisdom, intelligence, charity and love come from?" Even though one be satisfied with materialistic theories in explanation of the mass of matter termed a body, that explanation falls as to what the world honors most, namely the mental and spiritual qualities of man. Isalah admonished, 'Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted off?' In other words, stop thinking of the mortal, material sense of man as the true man, for there is absolutely no way to account...
...vicinity by which students are given the opportunity to teach under direction, and this work forms the basis for all training in the technique of classroom practice. At the same time, students of this group study the general problems of the institution in which they are to work; the mental and physical development of adolescents; the characteristics of the secondary-school population; the aims and purposes of the secondary school; the values of the various subjects, and their organization into courses and curricula...