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...about 1860 sports were not generally indulged in for the greater glory of Alma Mater. When the value of organized athletics was recognized, however, and the advantages of the element of extramural competition became apparent, the grotesque shapes to which the theory of mons sana in il pore sano was twisted by short sighted enthusiasts seemed to indicate on unreasoning fanaticism. Instead of being directed with the idea of improving the health standard of the average sum of students, sports were seized upon as a means of institutional advertising, and were regarded in themselves as the ultimate goal...
...Portland last September was headed by Dr. Edward S. Cowles, director of the Park Avenue "body and soul" hospital. Announcement is now made that the " National Association for the Advancement of Scientific Healing," has been formed with Dr. Cowles at the head. Its motto is mens sana in corpore sano. Officers are William G. McAdoo, George Gordon Battle, Samuel Untermyer, Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Rev. J. Howard Melish. Thomas A. Price is Secretary and Edward H. Coy (captain and fullback at Yale in 1909) is Treasurer...
...proposes to drive upper class men under the Freshman yoke of compulsion. But the old ideal of "mens sana in corpore sano" is one which a certain proportion of students will always overlook. Time is limited; the man for whom exercise is now particular pleasure does not always find it easy break into the afternoon for a game of tennis or squash or a row on the river; often, too, it is difficult to find partners or facilities. The temptation of the easiest way is to let exercise slip, or to put up with the old-man's expedient...
...army officer; these are given the cadet. The rest of his time is devoted to learning the duties of his profession, horsemanship, marksmanship, drills of the different branches of the service, athletics, and all the other attributes of an efficient, well-trained soldier. Mens sana in corpore sano--a sound mind in a sound body--is West Point's aim. Its whole curriculum is directed toward the accomplishment of that...
Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo, the son of a tinman of Borgo San Sepolcro who settled in Siena, was born about 1435. He was considered the best Sienese painter of his time and may be said to have adopted the manner of Sano di Pietro and improved it by modernizing it. His ablest authentic picture, "The Virgin Entroned with Angeles" (1470) is in the Siena Academy. Matteo painted several pictures representing the "Massacre of the Innocents," two of which are still preserved. A third is in the Naples Gallery. A mosaic by him of the same subject...