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April 3, 1917
Douglas Daily International
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
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Harvard medical experts find 80% of 746 freshmen unfit in posture, risking health and efficiency. Suggests military training as fix, but criticizes pacifists for blocking it over fears of militarism.
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FOUR OUT OF FIVE UNFIT.
The medical sharps at Harvard university have discovered that of the freshman class of 746 members only one-fifth can stand properly, walk properly or carry themselves properly.
They say that this is a very serious matter because these four in every five young men that are thus mistreating their spines are thereby laying themselves open to disease and robbing themselves of half their efficiency.
The 746 are typical youths from all parts of the county. If four in five of them are wrong, probably four in five of all the rest are just as wrong.
A military training would have corrected all this and brought the young men up to physical par.
But we can't have any military training in this country. They can have it all right in other democracies, but we can't have it here.
Why not?
Well, a band of inspired peace-at-any-pricers has discovered that lurking behind any training of this kind is a hideous hobgoblin called Militarism, Nobody else can see him. He just lurks, and he has flaming eyes and terrible, projecting teeth, and the minute any young man begins to train he
The medical sharps at Harvard university have discovered that of the freshman class of 746 members only one-fifth can stand properly, walk properly or carry themselves properly.
They say that this is a very serious matter because these four in every five young men that are thus mistreating their spines are thereby laying themselves open to disease and robbing themselves of half their efficiency.
The 746 are typical youths from all parts of the county. If four in five of them are wrong, probably four in five of all the rest are just as wrong.
A military training would have corrected all this and brought the young men up to physical par.
But we can't have any military training in this country. They can have it all right in other democracies, but we can't have it here.
Why not?
Well, a band of inspired peace-at-any-pricers has discovered that lurking behind any training of this kind is a hideous hobgoblin called Militarism, Nobody else can see him. He just lurks, and he has flaming eyes and terrible, projecting teeth, and the minute any young man begins to train he
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Harvard Freshmen
Poor Posture
Health Risks
Military Training
Pacifism
Where did it happen?
Harvard University
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Harvard University
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Medical experts at Harvard discover that four out of five freshmen in a class of 746 have poor posture, risking disease and reduced efficiency. The issue is widespread among youth. Military training could correct it, but pacifists oppose it fearing militarism.