Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Somehow, he never can forget...
...theory that every boy should have a college education is thoroughly untenable. But any man who has had any experience or practical contact with college students knows that the theory is untenable. There are those who are actually harmed by going to college. Some are wholly spoiled. They forget whatever habits of industry they may have had and they cultivate extravagant tastes. If they were learning something the situation wouldn't be so bad, but usually they are the very ones who take the most care not to expose themselves to education for fear that they may catch...
...thinking of the school s the great basis for national education we are too apt to forget its partner in this vital field, the public library. Adults are beyond the reach of the school but they may be within the reach of the libraries. Especially in the education of our foreign born population have they great possibilities...
...author of the article in the CRIMSON seems to forget that the student is of the nonproductive class while he is in college. In other words, a man is not only spending money already made but he is also spending his time which in these days of high wages, is worth $1500 to $1800 a year for common work. The writer in the CRIMSON pointed out that a man's living expenses must continue regardless or what he is doing but in his application of that principle he forgets all economic laws. A man's living expenses are really invested...
...most important, the most vital thought in the mind of the worker is "Will I work tomorrow?" I will never forget my first night in a "model" mining town outside of Cleveland. The hour was approaching five and I noticed that children on the street ceased to play, the women on the door steps stopped talking and awaited in terrible silence. Then, at five exactly the mine whistle began to boom.--One, two and then, three. The tension was over. There would be work tomorrow. Smiles came back to the faces of the women and the children began to play...