Modern Advertisements In the modern world advertisements are ubiquitous. They hit the eye from the hoarding, loom large in the news-papers, and gleam out of the celluloid. They may be brief or elaborate, illustrated with pictures or illuminated with neon lights. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of modern advertisements, for they create, if not the things they praise, their image in the public mind, and it is their image...

In Praise of Idleness Outline: Idleness is generally condemned — idleness includes several beneficial activities-contemplation, love of nature, fondness for the open air — work is largely directed to selfish or destructive ends. Idleness is generally condemned, and work worshipped. An idle mind, it is said, is the devil’s workshop. A boy who attends all the periods in school in a state between sleep and waking is praised, while his class-mate...

My Idea of an Educated Person Outline: The popular conception of education — a truly educated man is well-informed — he constantly learns from life — he has moral qualities — he takes care of his health — his dress and manners. Education is popularly supposed to mean getting a degree and qualifying oneself for a white-collar job. The longer the catalogue of degrees after the name of a man, the...

The Importance of Names Outline: A name has an aura about it – the fallacy of “what is in a name?” brought out – it is not desirable to change the foreign names of streets and places -names of some persons are impressive. Names have a mystic significance. A name has a subtle aura, an atmosphere about it which sums up the individuality of the person, place or thing it denotes....

Reading Novel Essay  No. 01 Outline: The prejudice against novel reading – the prejudice justified in the case of bad novels – the advantages of reading good novels – conclusion. In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a prejudice against novel-reading in Europe. It was supposed to be a waste of time. Ruskin, a major English writer of the 19th century, included novels among the books of the hour as...

No Rights without Duties Outline: An awareness of rights is recent — agitation for all kinds of rights is harmful to a country — rights involve duties — conclusion. The concept of the rights of man is recent and is associated with growth of democracy and belief in respect for the individual. In the ancient and medieval world an individual had no rights, but duties, obligations and loyalties. Consequently, there was...

Student indiscipline – Causes and Cure Outline: Introduction — the forms taken by student indiscipline — causes: the defects of our educational system — the tradition of agitation — lack of values —remedies. Of late, student indiscipline has assumed alarming proportions. Almost every third day we read in the newspapers reports of the violent activities indulged in by students and of the destruction of national property caused by them. Fortunately, some...

The Uses of Leisure Outline: Leisure is essential for civilization — its most obvious use is relaxation. it enables one to improve one’s mind — scientific inventions and artistic creations are the products of leisure — how to utilize leisure will probably be a problem of the future. Leisure is the basis of civilization. Primitive man lacked leisure, almost all his time and energy being consumed by the struggle for existence....