Word: habits
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...always be persons without sufficient judgment to discredit general remarks, those who pretend to be liberally educated should avoid them for the sake of their own reputation for common-sense. A man can make more sweeping assertions in five minutes than he could prove in a lifetime, and a habit of doing so is almost invariably a sign of an immature mind and a narrow judgment...
...HAVE been told that at some former time (the exact period I cannot state) the Corporation, or Faculty, or Steward, or somebody, was in the habit of buying coal in large quantities at the season of the year when it was cheapest; and that they then disposed of it to the students, throughout the year, at the original price. This was a wise custom, and made a saving to the students of that time which would not be despised in this enlightened age. I would therefore respectfully suggest to the powers that be, that they take this subject into their...
...than a mere denial. In regard to the admission of women, both the Faculty and the Corporation are decidedly opposed to any such innovation. The experiment of the co-education of the sexes is not at all likely ever to be tried at Harvard. The Boston papers have a habit of inserting - some of them occasionally and others regularly - items of news under such headings as "Harvard University Gossip," "College Notes," and so forth, most of which are either strictly personal or else entirely false. If we might make a suggestion to such exalted directors of public opinion, we would...
...matter of Class-Day orations. Not content with sitting in the Chapel for two hours, on what is well known to be the hottest day of the year, and listening to an orator who seldom has much to say that is worth hearing, they have been in the habit of adjourning to the open air to solace themselves with another oration...
...scholler shall goe out of his chamber without coate, gowne, cloake, and every one everywhere shall weare modest and sober habit, without strange ruffian like or new fangled fashions, without all lavish dress, or excess of apparel what soever: nor shall any weare gold and silver or such ornaments, except to whome upon just ground the President shall permit the same, neither shall it be lawfull for any to weare long haire, locks, or foretops, nor to use curling, crispeing, parteing or powdering theire haire...