Word: fears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Class hatred which is so rampant today is caused by the monopoly of social control of the machinery of credit, the Press, and industry. We are all of us cowards concerning public opinion; we fear the mob; not that the mob does not recognize a good thing, but someone free from the conservatism of the mob must see it first and call their attention to it. Mob superstitions are more vehemently held among the white-collared middle class (bankers are very middle class) than among the proletariat and real aristocrats...
...country is full of uncertainty and disunity. It is torn between the military leaders and captains of industry on the one hand, and the workmen and radicals on the other. Germany feels badly beaten, and its only unity is hatred of France, where as a result there is universal fear of Germany...
Competitions have changed somewhat, and changed for the better. But the fear of competitions persists. Freshmen of mediocre scholastic ability are advised by their elders that they had better stay in the University first, and worry about competitions afterward. Which is most excellent advice, except that of late the sage upperclassmen have grown a bit over-cautious; for they remember the many, many compets who have made the supreme sacrifice, and they become wary beyond all reason. --Cornell Daily...
Nevertheless, the proposed law may have a desirable influence, even if it cannot be literally enforced. The fear that not he alone, but his government, will be punished for his hot-headedness, and the realization that his community will be disgraced in the eyes of the world, should act as a restraining influence upon any man. That is perhaps the real value of any law--not the individual punishment it inflicts, but the standard of right and wrong which it sets up for men to recognize and follow...
Nevertheless the fear that athletics are superseding studies as the reason d'etre of college is not easily dismissed. The problem is how to overcome the difficulty without taking away the advantages enumerated above. The false emphasis cannot be adjusted by eliminating athletics, or even by artificially decreasing their present popularity. Less emphasis on their importance, less expense for coaching and equipment, would lead directly from victory to defeat. Losing teams would mean a slackening of student interest with a corresponding decline in "spirit"; and smaller gate receipts, leading to a decrease in facilities for all-round physical development. Such...