Word: belief
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...apart distinctly for Phi Beta Kappa, it deserves praise for what it has done, rather than criticism and a suggestion of what it might do. Perhaps, however, as John Milton said of the Long Parliament in his "Areopagitica" the highest praise is the praise that this suggestion confers--a belief in the sincerity and excellence of the aims of the organization to which it is addressed...
...common but unfounded belief that colleges with a large enrollment have a correspondingly large number of men eligible for athletic teams. Thus Harvard with over 4,000 students is compared unfavorably with Dartmouth or Princeton with less than 2,000 students each. In reality, however, there are only 600 more men eligible for athletics here than at Princeton or Dartmouth...
...knowledge he acquires in the University is the one that the subject matter which he is being taught is mainly theoretical, and that little of it is practical. Especially is this idea apt to be held by one entering into the field of government and economics. Old beliefs as to the hesitancy in adopting various institutions of reform in governmental matters of the city, state, and nation are rapidly disappearing. New methods of city government, as taught to students in the University, are now given consideration by those in public authority. In this connection it is interesting to note...
Those who feared that the slump of the University baseball team was incurable cannot hold to that belief in view of the victory over Brown Saturday. As the CRIMSON said last Thursday, the team has too much backbone and baseball ability to relish a protracted descent on the toboggan. In the game with Brown it came out of the slump splendidly and once again displayed championship ability. This should encourage the supporters of the team, who, because of the recent showing have been lax in attendance at the recent games, to renew and increase their interest in the team...
Contrary to the general belief, the temperature does not perceptibly lower when an iceberg is approached...