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Show vj 1 )P1 dOWl I yrj alonl I l : win bacll I f chini riedl I p hi his I 1 i cai consl 1 nk ii attiti I i r of h I ' lenta WA I Vji tha in 191V I oftheUrV- ende letter to eultX Genera set forth sclx;fmy ?ent why young I which h officers' trairi ; "e reason ness was me -- . ioc at outstanding, dj, ",s- Slouch He wrote: ' 3 the moi might be terifeS physical indff? to wh otherwise exct lental an because they H . e- arl habit in high s. ' falle of being indiffe eloped tr of thinking and and collej The bearing 1 t0 acourac . ling." 3IA BKUNSON l" should be that of a polished S gentleman, and not of an indo-l s lent lazy lout, who slouches along as though his body were n about to fall to pieces. Thisj very appearance bespeaks loose il and inaccurate thinking, or no it thinking at all Slouchiness is also shown by , one's speech. Students, who have been through grammar a school, have no excuse for mur-e mur-e j dering the English language as lS many of them do. If they are '? accurate in their thinking and K i strive for self-expression, they will endeavor not only to acquire ac-quire good manners, but correct habits of speech. The two go 1 together. Young men and women who le start out to find employment re can never expect to advance 'y! very far in the business world I when they're slovenly in their r bearings, thinking and speaking. They do not make favorable impressions im-pressions on their would-be em-S em-S ployers when they slouch into i their offices and in awkward and incorrect English request j positions. , ,1 One di the very great charms I T-eside Roosevelt was his kjA'JJet' well modulated voice, y a well-nigh' perfect enunci-" enunci-" Lofton that bespeaks a gentle-T gentle-T ir.n of high culture, t When the writer was a student a medical college, one of the rdical college proftssors was i n mon TT. pntered IVCl J bjuciii "" I i classroom one day and an- , unced to the class that he was t responsible for his bearing V his posture. He made the best x)th, and as is generally the V, he not only strove for phy- fitness but for high in-"tual in-"tual attainments. He suc-y.d suc-y.d in life and became an nding . man in his com-'.y. com-'.y. Greeks strove for sound 1 in sound bodies. It is an tillacy that brains and b do not mix, or that the wng is especially intended fctellectual endeavor's and acilishments. rule, health, physical fiWd intellectual prowess, to- with moral strength, fit and women for leadership leader-ship the mental and physi-cal physi-cal ;nes are left hopelessly Jlbehn the race. |