Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...regardless of who started the trouble last evening, the members of the dining association have shown an unusual tendency this fall to make noises and to throw food whenever any one has appeared in the gallery, whether or not that person has given any provocation. Gentlemanly behavior on the part of the members requires that visitors be shown the courtesy of no attention at all, rather than the discourtesy which they are at present receiving...
...told by a stagedriver, one by a guide, and one is a trapper's tale of long ago. The first two are "bear stories," and do not belie their kind. Rude men, of uncouth speech spiced with damns and tobacco juice; tell of beasts of fabulous dimensions and behavior, without fear of the "malleus naturfakerorum." Like other patterns for stories, this can be repeated to monotony. In "Autumn in the Forest," Mr. Edgell reproduces the sights he "photographed in his mind for future reference"; but, if I may pursue the figure, the retouching shows too much--nature does not willingly...
There are certain requirements of gentlemanly behavior and etiquette which have been taught us by our forefathers at Harvard. It seems imperative at the beginning of each year to recall some of those and to proclaim that there is a tacit understanding that they be adhered to by all those who come here. One of these maxims is this: it is undignified--by some it might be called bad manners --to make unnecessary noises with the crockery, to throw food and make a general disturbance in a hall where a large number of gentlemen are in the habit of congregating...
...Robert M. Yerkes '98, of the Department of Psychology, will speak before the Psychological Club in Emerson 27 at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon on "Modifiability of Behavior." The address will be open to all members of the University...
Century--"The Evolution of Life," by P. Lowell '70; "The Red City," by S. W. Mitchell '86; "The Behavior of Roger," by R. M. Yerkes...