Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...celebration began with a reception late in the afternoon which was attended by all the former Yale athletic stars who had come to take part in the reunion. Cheer on cheer was given for Captain Black and the victorious team, as well as for Captain Gates of next year's team, Coach Tad Jones, Johnny Mack, the trainer, the scrubs, Captain Myer of the crew, and Captain Overton of the track team. Following the reception a dinner was given to the football team...
...favorable a reception as was formerly the case. However, we must admire and respect the spirit, prompted by natural devotion to his native land, which made Professor Muensterberg speak according to his sincere convictions. The New York Times says that his last public message was one of good cheer wherein he indicated his belief that peace was near at hand...
...there are only four places on a team of this sort, a nice discrimination on the part of the expert is necessary to avoid doing an injustice to the big advertisers. In this selection then, I will consider the various points which go to make up a good cheer leader, and under these sub-heads consider the candidates in order of their weight...
...following attributes must be considered: agility, grace of movement, reach, proficiency in tossing the megaphone to one side at the beginning of a cheer, and vocal timbre...
...left end, I have chosen Robert (Bob) Bennett, of Michigan. Here was a leader whose work throughout the season marked him as the most agile and at the same time the most aesthetic conductor of cheering in the country. Fast down the field and sure in his handling of grunts, Bennett at the same time combined a certain finesse of gesture with a lightness of touch that rivaled even Nijinsky, the famous Russian cheer leader. I have seen the Michigan leader, apparently boxed by substitutes on the side lines, leap high into the air and with a deft gesture...