Word: habits
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have had the advantage of a college education to form the more logical and mature portion of the whole body of public opinion. Education should tend to suppress the unreasoning emotions, which, particularly in times of crisis, urge people to hasty and unwise judgments. We should, therefore, cultivate a habit of deliberation in thinking and speaking of affairs of the nation and above all we should take care to be sufficiently well-informed about the political exigencies of the moment, that we may be able to have an opinion concerning the fitness of the Presidential nominees. In so doing...
Once more President Meiklejohn of Amherst has spoken in a way that distinctly reveals his habit of doing all his own thinking and of doing it vigorously. What he had to say on academic freedom before the Boston Baptist Social Union the other night was reported in a way that implied considerable antagonism to the position taken on this subject by the American Association of University Professors, and may even have been so intended. It is true that the association report did quite sharply divide the members of the teaching force from the members of the collegiate boards of trustees...
Juniors who are taking composition courses will find in editorial writing a wide field for practice. Not only do candidates gain practice in writing clear English, but they form a habit of keeping informed about College happenings and the current events of the outside world...
Commander Frank T. Evans said: "It is most important, in the formative period of life, to acquire the habit of defence of one's country. By accepting the privileges of American citizenship you accept also the responsibility of protecting your country. The time is bound to come when the United States must be ready to defend itself, and you are given the opportunity now to accomplish something concrete. You may not become an admiral, but one man who joins the naval cruise is worth to the Navy a hundred who have not been on board ship...
...epoch-making events now occurring in Europe without knowing or caring what it meant, is most appalling, for it shows that they have not yet learned how to read. It is better not to read at all than to read without any effort at understanding, for this habit is not only a waste of time, but destructive to the intellect. These students may, indeed must, know how to read books, but reading newspapers is a different art. The first thing to learn is to skip the headlines, except as a guide as to what the topic is. The headlines...