Word: feare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with stories of college "hangups" from friends is a rare exception. Ironically, the people who probably have the best grasp of freshman problems are seldom consulted, even though readily available. This group, which comprises the Freshman Dean's Office, sees two general areas where each new student has problems: Fear of his classmates and self regulation...
...Dean's Office believes that the most bothersome worry to new freshmen is a fear of their classmates: a fear of not getting along with roommates, of academic competition, and of social competition. "Each usually believes that he is the only one who feels insecure," said one official in the Dean's Office, "while his classmates appear secure and well adjusted to him." There is little justification for these fears...
...pretty much the way he thought it would run itself. He and Susan had one strained laugh-no, two-over the incident in the lab, and then both of them clammed up for the rest of the night. Martin was inhibited, constrained-he was afraid to say anything for fear of what she might think of him, so he just didn't talk. Susan, of course, didn't know what to think of him-a a wit on Wednesday and a stone wall on Saturday night...
...their pleasant vices. The paper's office moved around a good bit in those days and wherever it went there was a sanctum, the center of exuberant convivality. Franklin D. Roosevelt recalled years later the occasion of the transfer of quarters to the Union in 1891: "There was much fear that the new quarters would take away the espirit de corps which had grown up in the old sanctum, and also that no punch night could be held in the Union. Both fears proved to be groundless...
...course, this is because I fear the retribution of a puritanical God. If you enjoy it, it can't be good for you. But there's more...