Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...where it may become a stimulus to the genius of the future generations which are to carry on the admirable work begun by the Academy of the present. As such it should be a source of inspiration to every serious minded student of the Arts and ought to take a place in the front rank of "things to see in New York...
...megalaphobias that are so much a part of the inhabitants of this little world that they cannot themselves see them, are painted with clear strokes. Is this a life of reason? Ah, no; it is a world where "nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else...
This is pessimism, in truth, for a student at a co-educational institution. Surely his appeal ought to be answered. The prospect of such a course appears profitable. Laboratory work in psychology is as common as in chemistry; strange things are said to happen behind closed doors on the top floor of Emerson Hall; and at a nearby women's college "psych" is such a fad that several hundred students are learning two unfamiliar foreign languages, merely for the purpose of computing a certain mental factor. But at Chicago, and in the field of love psychology, the possibilities are infinite...
...frequently called on to make decisions under new conditions where tradition ought to be reviewed. How many people vote this ticket or that for no other reason than that they always have gone to Wolfeboro. Kannaa City Star
...schools to the various levels of development, or handle our human material with maximum effectiveness at all, unless we can become more certain in our judgements concerning individual cases," says Professor W. F. Dearborn, who is in charge of the project, in a report outlining its scope. We ought to be able to study any given child as an individual in the light of comprehensive knowledge of individual growth...