Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...practice, and the time for the Mott Haven games is rapidly drawing near. Let the vacation serve as a time for good resolves, and when we come back from our week's enjoyment let all our athletes and would-be athletes begin work with renewed vigor and an earnest determination not to let the cup slip from our hands without an honest effort to retain...
...take so prominent a part. The Club deserves more than ever the support of the College; we do not say this because it has not been well supported in former years, but because this year it has worked faithfully to bring renown to Harvard, by its earnest co-operation with Professors Paine and Goodwin to make a success of the great Greek Play. We understand that the second chorus of the Greek Play is to form part of the programme, and that there will be several solos and duets from members of the Club. The Pierian will assist the Glee...
...track, that the efforts of the Athletic Association to promote the interest of our field sports have not been thrown away. At any rate, let us all have the satisfaction of feeling that, if the cup goes elsewhere next year, it will not be for lack of earnest endeavors and conscientious work on the part of every man who feels now that he could do something in athletics if he would only conquer his laziness and work...
...routine of lecture and recitation, until, like faithful and worn-out horses, they die still in the harness. The recognition by the College that it is a duty to provide for the declining years of those who have spent their youth in her service, not only ought to attract earnest scholars towards the College, but also will doubtless prove extremely beneficial, when necessary, by enabling the Corporation to substitute young and vigorous men, full of modern ideas, for those whose thoughts and life are only in the past, and who have outgrown their usefulness...
...concerns the men who are now training for the "'Varsity" and Nine, but it is not true of those outside of them. When our men are working hard to retrieve Harvard's defeats of last season, their training is certainly made less monotonous and more earnest and attractive if they feel that the eyes of all the University are upon them. As it is at present, the 'Varsity row every day, rain or shine, and the Nine practise daily in the Gymnasium, and yet not a man takes enough interest to watch and give them an encouraging word. Last year...