Word: self-control
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...done this if you do not stand by the Government. We have been criticized for going too far, for giving the students an opportunity to conceal 'slacking' and demoralization. The country is watching how you are standing up, and is asking questions. 'Can you submit to subordination, discipline, and self-control?' You might as well begin to answer these questions now as later...
...need of team-play, and the development of morale. "This morale of the army," he said, "depends upon the character of its officers. And character cannot be developed in a moment. It comes through a life of right thinking and right doing, through the exercise of patience and self-control. To accomplish this end, all training is vital. Without training there can be no officers, and the army will be an unready mob to be slaughtered like sheep...
...Self-Control Needed...
...about the opportunities that will be 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...
...rare among the youth of this country. To this defect in their education may be traced much of the inefficiency and lack of method which too often characterize them in manhood. Our American youth stand in imperative need of military training, which alone may inculcate lessons of obedience, self-control, discipline, initiative and efficiency in teamwork...