Word: sentimentality
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...three other words. They will have observed, I hope, or if not my work here has been a failure, a certain attitude towards the universe and towards life--a fairly definite attitude. I desire these men, at least, to do what in them lies to foster and promote the sentiment of reverence and the sentiment of affection for the Institution of which we are here a part; to cultivate in the atmosphere here a certain reticence with regard to the affairs of the University, that discriminating reserve which is sometimes associated with the word "gentleman...
...evil. If my own experience is significant, and it can hardly be other, our present administrative officers are perhaps without exception beyond reproach in point of open-mindedness, integrity, intelligence and zeal. And then in the second place, we ought to feel and carefully to foster that elemental sentiment of gratitude and affection towards the Institution whose benefits we are here accepting. It is a sentiment which could, it is true, swell into a blind and fanatical loyalty; but also it is a sentiment without which, in due measure, any man becomes a monster...
...Room this evening at 7 o'clock. President Faxon will preside and short speeches by Dr. A. T. Davison '06 and J. K. Berry '18 will be on the program. The purpose of calling the class together is to give the 1921 Executive Committee some idea of what the sentiment of the members may be in regard to the policy of incurring the expense of the usual celebration...
...would require a flood of sentiment to convince one's reason or taste that Dane Hall in its present condition is a thing of beauty. Even before the fire, that building was entirely unsuited to its surroundings; the invasion of broad streets and the subway made it seem anachronistic. Yet in spite of its lack of the artistic, in spite of its being the home of the Bursar, Dane Hall had a certain charm. It could always glance over at Matthews or peer round the corner at Weld and put those two to shame from the standpoint of personal attraction...
...political opposition or personal prejudice, yet some arise from patriotic motives. To distinguish the useless and even disloyal criticism from the genuine is often difficult. There is, however, a fundamental difference in that the latter is directed entirely to the benefit of the nation, and is usually the sentiment of many people. In advising a policy which Mr. Wilson opposes we may be accused of falling to stand behind him, but, if so, it is because interest in the nation's success prevents...