Word: cordial
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...undergone cheerfully and perseveringly, and every spring and fall the representative teams meet to add one more victory or defeat to the records. Yet, notwithstanding the intense rivalry, the jubilation that follows victory and the deep chagrin that follows defeat, the relations between Harvard and Yale continue always cordial. There is behind the firm resolution to win, a feeling of mutual respect and hearty admiration that we think could hardly exist were not the colleges drawn together as they now are. The athletic life which every-where engages lively interest, and which affords endless opportunity for competition, comes surely...
...dinner to be given the Yale nine to-morrow evening. This neglect on the part of the men is shameful. Every man in the freshman class should realize that the success of the dinner depends in a measure on his presence. The freshmen are sure of a cordial welcome and generous treatment at Yale; it will be an unpleasant recollection, the shabby treatment the present evidence of their indifference promises for the Yale men, if it is returned, undoubtedly as it will be, by cordial treatment at New Haven next week. Therefore we urge every man in the freshman class...
...Whereas, We believe that the best way to encourage the old-time Harvard spirit of open and cordial relations between students and faculty and to foster a spirit of fair play and courtesy toward opponents, is to place the responsibility upon the students themselves, leaving to the faculty the settlement of such limitations of this privilege as may seem advisable...
...exemption from taxation. And in quickening the intellectual life of the city, in bringing its people into contact with great thinkers and scientists and preachers, in opening freely to the use of all the treasure houses of learning, the University is doing a service that deserves the most cordial appreciation...
...existence of such a feeling, even without good reason, causes a friction and sense of irritation which tends to produce attempts to evade such restriction, by ways which are extremely foreign to the old-time Harvard spirit of open and cordial relations between students and faculty...