Word: disrespected
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...Such disrespect for the highest office of the land and for the gentleman who is so nobly filling it is a direct insult to the office, the man, and to each and every one of us who are your subscribers and readers...
...Charlotte, N. C., signs appeared in office building elevators: "Men are asked to please keep their hats on. Removing hats reduces elevator capacity and creates confusion. Thinking women will welcome this. It offers no disrespect and adds to their comfort...
Opinions differ as to the real cause for the increased disrespect in which a college degree is held in the business world. Some with considerable justification look to the curriculum; others look to the faculty. Now and then some daring soul points out that the student himself may be to blame. At any rate it is the student who suffers when he steps into the outside world, and it is the student who should take it upon himself to look hardest for remedies, even when he has to shove them down his own throat...
...therefore imagine how I felt when I began to notice an insidious atmosphere of flippancy creeping into your work. Even the examinations were mentioned with what might almost be called disrespect. Anyone who has an attitude like that might almost be called--well, I'll be strong--a ne'er do well. Is there anything wrong? Perhaps you have come under the influence of an older socialist. Or perhaps you have just become disillusioned? If so, perhaps I could help you reorganize your spiritual life. As we used to say at Clover hill. I am always more than glad...
...Moreover, we have been thinking in terms of a rural, pioneer, and agricultural society. We have not realized that there are other alternatives for society than absolute individualism or absolute socialism. In the pioneer days everybody was ultra individualistic, with a disrespect for order and obedience because he did not want to be thus limited and saw no necessity for that supervision. The pioneer was independent, self-reliant, and versatile: we can be neither. Yet we continue to think on that old basis and say. 'Let everybody look out for themselves.' But a change has taken place from the system...