Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...another bellower cupped his hands, vociferated: "Long cheer for Pound!" A tense arm ticked off three hips; through the bleak air, refracted by the wall of Langdell Hall, came from 700 leather throats a stupendous roar?Harvard, Harvard, Harvard, with nine POUNDS on the end. The Dean did not appear. Reluctantly, in little groups, the 700 went away...
...tradition. Such a structure, honored in the past and haloed in the present, cannot fail to found a legendary cycle. Ghosts may creak its boards, vague shapes may flit from rafter to rafter, the vast silence of its dimness will overawe the intruder. The spirit of good cheer is abandoning its Bacchic board, but the void may yet be filled by the angel of venerability and contemplation which hovers about the acquiescent majesty of deserted grandeur...
...matter of fifteen or twenty dollars may not seem worth bothering about, but it may make all the difference between a good time and a dull time at Christmas for the Infirmary. Those who have been patients there know that its personnel makes the most of every opportunity to cheer up the boys, let us help them. Alex, Chalufaur...
...very atmosphere seems to dampen any show of enthusiasm for gayety; those who argue thus point to the sombre but dignified array of portraits on the walls as evidence. I distinctly recollect hearing a "long Harvard" given in Memorial Hall on one occasion that would put to shame any cheer heard in the Stadium of late years...
...this meeting the Council plans to discuss the work on vocations for students, the recent decision to close Memorial Hall, and the reception of Freshmen in the future. The reports of the committees recently appointed to form new methods of choosing Senior Marshals and a new way to select cheer leaders by competition and the decisions of the committee investigating the advisability of introducing the honor system here will be heard at tonight's meeting...