Word: mental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They had no new kind of program to suggest but they bitterly declared that present programs "shatter nerves, stimulate emotions of horror, and teach bad grammar." They put their case before that great pedagogical clearing house, Teachers College at Columbia University. They got the United Parents Association to put mental hygienists on the subject. They voted, and took votes among their children, on their preferences among radio-broadcasts aired between...
...before. First we shall have 'inflation' and we shall find it good," said N. S. B. Gras, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. Gras declared that this prosperity when regained would be the first stage in a period of physical and mental advances which will lead to a higher level of civilization...
...volleying high shots that put him out of position, he has by practice largely eliminated this fault. Sandy Davenport '34 has carried on throughout the winter, winning his matches with an almost professional regularity. Evidently his experience in tennis tournament play has minimized the difficulty of gaining a mental equilibrium, which, however intangible it may sound, is a determining factor in any sport. F. L. Young '33, one of the few Seniors on the squad, has improved in the last week or so, and is now considered a valuable asset against Yale. H. V. Blaxter '33, who has played...
Westbrook Pegler commented: "The prize fight laws recognize punching on the head as quite legal, barring only the rabbit punch [chopping the back of the neck] which is often permitted, nevertheless, so if there must be prize fighting, there must be fatalities and also a regular crop of mental defectives...
...Philadelphia citizen who gave the community the best service during 1932 was a psychiatrist, announced the Edward W. Bok Award Committee, in giving $10,000 to Dr. Earl Danford Bond. Dr. Bond, 54, is director of the Pennsylvania Hospital's Institute for Mental Hygiene. He at once assigned the $10,000 for treatment of Philadelphia's indigent mentally deranged...