 | 1891 - 616 pages
...such a communal life for trivial, personal concessions and sacrifices. To live in these chapter-houses is, therefore, to learn to to.uch the lives of others...self-forgetful spirit of which the facile adaptation and genial courtsey of manner are most often an unconscious expression. It is the substituting for the selfish... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1893 - 460 pages
...together a wide range of personal qualities and gifts. Each member has something to contribute to his associates and to gain from them in return. Conduct,...manner, are most often an unconscious expression. It is substituting for the selfish individualism that college life is so likely to foster, the spirit of... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1894 - 698 pages
...together a wide range of personal qualities and gifts. Each member has something to contribute to his associates and to gain from them in return. Conduct,...manner are most often an unconscious expression. It is substituting for the selfish individualism that college life is so likely to foster, the spirit of... | |
 | 1906 - 378 pages
...associations there is also a constant appeal to the finer feelings and the more generous impulses. To live in these chapter 'houses is, therefore, to...points with ease and grace and thoughtful kindness. Nor is this a mere superficial training. The larger power for future usefulness and pleasure that this... | |
 | 1894 - 588 pages
...such a communal life for trivial, personal concessions and sacrifices. To live in these Chapter-houses is, therefore, to learn to touch the lives of others at innumerable points with ease and grace aud thoughtful kindness.' " A rather general tendency toward clannishness, which is invariably offered... | |
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Not only may you recognize it in the devoted, tender care of one another in illness, and in the kind and fruitful helpfulness of older members to their brethren, but often in the spirit no less gracious and beautiful that meets the daily, hourly demands... 