Word: nervousness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Saturday, May 17, at 12.30 o'clock memorial services will be held over the ashes of Richard Norton '92, at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. Norton died in Paris on August 2, 1918, of pneumonia combined with nervous strain and disappointment...
...reserve'--a sort of semirepose, after a month of hot work and strain, too. It is not that we sweat and slave greatly, but there somehow seems to be a nervous effort and tightening in driving under fire which takes it out of one physically. The result is that after our 'spells' of 24 or 48 hours we sink into lethargic repose until the next call. The days seem all alike--except that we are served 'chocolat' instead of black, sugarless coffee on Sunday mornings--and they slip by, unsung, into the tumbled yesterdays of 'a little while...
...first active service, and I regret to say were rather cracking under the strain of the long runs on these terrible roads with the new nervous tension of carrying real wounded who groan and cry out at every bump. Henry had left the front, where we are stationed, and gone back to our base, when a Boche avion passed over the camp and dropped four bombs on it. When the first fell Henry hurried out to see if any one was hurt, and, as he left the tent, was struck by an eclat from the second which made a ghastly...
...will sail for some time, the requirements are briefly these: A man should pay his way over and back, and have at least $150 in spending money. His uniform will be furnished him in Paris. He should have considerable driving experience, but not necessarily mechanical experience. His physical and nervous condition must be good. Transportation will be paid for some but they must have had considerable experience with driving the larger types of cars. For further information, apply to R. S. Wortley '19, 62 Randolph, from 7 to 8 o'clock any evening...
...open to him. Until he knows more he will do well to practice the first virtue of the soldier, the patient pursuit, with all his might, of the course indicated to him. If in the training corps let him stick to it, learn self-control, and not permit nervous excitement to distract him from his other work. When the proper moment comes, and not before, he will be asked to give his whole time to military preparation. Those who are not in the training corps will be wise to wait until they can discern the path of their greatest usefulness...