Word: patient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...greatest assets for a young man entering business is the ability to write letters in a clear, simple style without unnecessary words and phrases. Therefore this course should be regarded as a temporary hospital for men disabled in English. Hard work on the part of the patient will mean a rapid recovery and an early discharge...
...Kent '16, who was operated on for appendicitis by Dr. E. H. Nichols '86 on Saturday, is rapidly recovering. It is expected that he will be able to run the mile again in the spring, as the operation was most successful. The patient will have to remain at the Conant Hospital on Bay State road for about two weeks more...
...shortcomings are many; and no alibi for him is possible or wholesome. A total unfamiliarity with names of places and persons prominent in the daily news is inexcusable. But it is too easy in the traditional way to blame the doctor for the condition of the patient. Unfortunately the Faculty cannot pursue the student to his study and guide his mental habits at all times. To jump at the conclusion that it is the instructor fault if history is not learned is more facile than profound...
...work has advanced to its present stage on annual budget of $25,000. It now faces the necessity for the erection of a new hospital, and the establishment of an out-patient department. Fortunately the money is already promised for the hospital building but $30,000 is still needed for the purchase of land and also $5,000 is required for the out-patient department...
Indeed, the average college man is a victim of what Tolstoy termed "the school state of mind",--a state in which every thing scholarly appears a-priori difficult, and the student regards himself not an eager seeker for truth, but a patient forced to receive a distasteful pellet of learning. Probably most men actually apply more alert thought to choosing their clothing and food than to their properly-intellectual tasks...