Word: habits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time; there was a waiting list, and Randall Hall was built for men who wanted less expensive board. But gradually these halls became less frequented, until it was impossible, to maintain them without a loss. The final blow was given by the war, which brought in the habit of eating at cafeterias--not a desirable one, for the object of students' meals is not only nutrition, poorly supplied by the cafeteria system, but also companionship, which it does not supply...
...While this is his chief exercise, he would never walk for health alone; always he is inspecting. He is seldom in his small office in the Hershey National Bank Building. Sometimes he picks up a newspaper or magazine, has seldom been seen with a book. He has another negative habit: he rarely signs his name, writing no personal checks or letters. A man who has known him 35 years has not seen Mr. Hershey's signature more than ten times.? He goes to bed at 9 p. m. in the clubhouse which he gave to the local golf club...
...secretary. After that he quit tippling, quit gambling, went to bed early and infinitely bored everyone he knew. Finally he was reclaimed, but not before it developed that Miss Smith had shot her French husband?"poor dear"?because he simply could not break himself of the habit of bringing not one but two of his mistresses home...
...success of these reading vacations depends first of all on the school which has built up a habit of independent work, and on the home which has also contributed to this, and provides peace and quiet, and an atmosphere in which serious reading is taken for granted. It is I think noteworthy that when the Oxonian goes home for his six weeks' Christmas vacation he attends five or six dances in the course of this period. Sometimes he goes abroad, or to some part of England other than his home, with a group of kindred spirits. The possibility of making...
...cause of the proposed step is laid at the door of the present depression, and of what the present director characterizes as the "museum habit," a wide-spread and natural tendency to visit the gallery without considering the financial burden necessary to maintain it. The Society was organized three years ago by a group of Harvard undergraduates and has been supported both in exhibits and money solely by contributions from New York. These contributions which have only recently been cancelled because of the depression, were rapidly being superceded by Cambridge and Boston aid which has, however, been found insufficient...