Word: train
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...allow excitement or exuberance of patriotism to deter him from performing to the best of his ability the obligations that lie before him; and until the age or the opportunity of rendering real military or other service arrives, the duty of the boy or young man is to train himself to clear thought, to steady application, and to persistent purpose. The college course is designed to furnish these things; and the only difference in the feeling that a young man should have about college in these days is a stronger determination to make the most of the opportunities it affords...
Americans, according to Dean West, have hitherto believed that the fundamental purpose of education is not only to furnish useful information, but also to train and discipline the mind to its highest power. Consequently, those studies which experience has shown to be the most serviceable for this end have been, and should be, the fundamental subjects in any course of study. This may be an erroneous belief, and if it should prove to be the case, such a course of study ought to be discarded. If not, the best manner of teaching them must be found, and instruction maintained...
...graduating exercises will be held in Alexander Hall on Saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock. The special train that will bring the party from Washington will arrive about 1 o'clock. The school children of the town will participate in the reception...
...officers and men in the navy. About 16,000 new men are selected every year. The remainder are volunteers, or what might be termed the professional soldiers, who have taken the military profession as a life's work. These men are the officers and non-commissioned officers who train...
...just been given out. Although delivered in an informal way, and not with the intention of being published, his remark is here repeated as representing the Marshal's real opinion more than any speech made in public. The statement, as he delivered it to Major Azan before his train left, was as follows...