Word: habits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which are the result of actual experiment and computation. I wish to show (1) That the proposed site on the corner of Quincy and Harvard streets is not "out of the way." (2) That each person's idea of the convenience of a situation is largely a matter of habit and custom...
...second point is the question of habit. What one of us who in his Freshman year frequented Sanborn's ever thought of it as being "out of the way"? Those who went, went as a matter of course and never thought of the distance. Yet Sanborn's is less than 60 second's walk from the proposed site. When the Union is completed the Freshman class at least will form the habit of frequenting it. As they advance to be Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, the habit will certainly stay with them to some extent. Moreover it will be the same...