Word: prone
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...speaking of the training of the student, or the equipment of the graduate, we are prone to think of the knowledge acquired; but are we not inclined to lay too much stress upon knowledge alone? Taken by itself it is a part, and not the most vital part, of education. Surely the essence of a liberal education consists in an attitude of mind, a familiarity with methods of thought, an ability to use information, rather than a memory stocked with facts, however valuable such a storehouse may be. In his farewell address to the alumni of Dartmouth President Tucker remarked...
After a thorough investigation the CRIMSON has found that the position of the Faculty is based upon no specific injuries to scholarship by intercollegiate athletics, but upon the general feeling ("vague generalities" being objected to) that the undergraduate mind is too pre-occupied, too prone to dwell upon punts, hurdles, and three-base hits, instead of upon problems of social ethics...
...department of study and compel the student to take it. It is only when a student neglects some wide field of study that he can be called guilty of narrowness of choice; and an examination of the programs of students in elective colleges will show that they are not prone to such narrowness. Moreover, in the development of the sense of responsibility the free elective system has no equal; for it alone makes the student feel himself essentially responsible for the broader issues and interests of life...