Word: tends
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should be the duty of those men who 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...
Furthermore, there is little incentive for the mediocre athlete to practice daily when all the coaching he can expect is that given by a more experienced undergraduate. Let the Athletic Committee offer adequate coaching and the candidates for these events will tend to increase. When the winning of track meets is at stake, the Athletic Committee certainly ought not to question an additional expenditure for adequate coaching...
...least, it is perfectly clear that, without a large body of graduate students, undergraduate instruction would practically break down. If during the next five years the number of graduate students in Economics continues to increase at the present rate, the standard of instruction in the undergraduate courses will tend to be raised; whereas if the number should decline to the level of ten years ago, the Department would be unable to provide ade quately for its undergraduate work...
...file. But it must necessarily be borne in mind in this connection that the office is willing to recommend for any specific position only such men as seem to it likely to prove suitable. To do otherwise would be of no advantage to the applicant and would tend in the long run to hurt the reputation of the office in the eyes of the concerns which apply...
...pressing. In the first place, it will be of great value in drilling and on special occasions, such as the parade on Memorial Day. In the second place, it would cut down expenses at mass meetings, football games, and other similar gatherings. Furthermore, a band composed of undergraduates will tend to give a feeling of solidarity to our cheering section...