Word: habit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...social, and physical offered them in its free air; seeking to develop themselves for life in a large world by studying what men have thought and done and learned; then it is the most broadening, enlarging and stimulating place to be found. Every young man needs to acquire a habit of concentration, and a devotion to purpose, without inquiring too much whether he enjoys the process or whether he himself always perceives at the moment its direct relation to what is to come afterward. He must learn to put forth effort, because he has faith...
From Washington come reports that Congress is considering the appropriation of several billions of dollars for the giving of further bonuses. At first glance most of us will approve. We have acquired the habit of receiving money unexpectedly and we like...
...number of years of experimentation with the "laissez faire" system of athletics has proved that only a few men benefit from active participation. It seems impossible to change the habits of men except by some form of compulsion. Those who go out for athletics during their Freshman year will generally continue the practice throughout their undergraduate lives, but those who do not are rarely if ever induced to do so by any measure short of compulsion. Hence, if some form of exercise is enforced upon Freshmen it is probable that they will continue the habit thus formed during the rest...
...that Cornell has won the cup nine times within fourteen years is no argument that this cup winning habit cannot be broken. Within a like period, the University took first honors eleven seasons. However such a boast is no excuse for present shortcomings. The information is given with the expectation that Harvard will lay plans for next year's meet...
...that time all people wore loose flowing robes. The black color is merely an adaptation of the monastic habit. Similarly, the skull caps worn by ecclesiastics to protect their tonsored heads were copied by the educational institutions, and by them, as by the Church, were preserved after they had been elsewhere discarded. The round caps first became peaker, then, the peak degenerated to a tassel. Square cloth caps were introduced by the University of Paris. The two types seem to have been combined in the modern head dress used at graduation...