Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rowing or playing base-ball should be trying for the lacrosse team. It should form a part of the training for foot-ball. In this way the sport will take the high stand in college sentiment which it certainly deserves. Either something must be done, and soon, to rekindle enthusiasm in lacrosse, or we shall have to throw away almost our only championship simply because it is "not the thing" to win it any longer...
...fifth of the series of gymnasium contests at Yale was held last Friday evening. A large attendance was present and much enthusiasm was evinced: Owing to the unusual number of contestants, who were chiefly from the two lower classes, and the frequency of the contests, only two events were on the programme. After a close and spirited struggle, the shot-putting was won by Hartwell, '89 S., with a put of 33 feet. Williams, '91, easily took the running high jump at 5 feet 4 inches. The interest shown in these meetings by contestants and other members of the University...
...20th. Three hundred or more men are to be present as delegates from the different States, and the affair will be carried on as much like the national conventions as possible. College Hall will be decorated in a fitting manner, and the occasion will doubtless be one of great enthusiasm. The doorkeepers, pages, telegraph operators and presiding officers are to be chosen from the college at large. The names of four candidates-Blaine, Sherman, Hawley and Lincoln-will be brought before the convention...
...fill in the hearts of undergraduates, and Dr. Patton, both of whom made short speeches. The latter said he would attempt to carry out the policy which Dr. McCosh had inaugurated and would make no changes in the government of the college. The news of his election created great enthusiasm, as those undergraduates who have been under his instruction are devoted to him. He preached yesterday in the college chapel, which was filled to overflowing by strangers who wished to hear his first sermon since his election, and by many it was thought to be the most powerful sermon ever...
Notwithstanding the unusual enthusiasm manifested among the freshmen over their crew, work has not been totally neglected in regard to the nine. Earlier in the winter interest in the prospective nine was considerably below par, but latterly fellows have been waking up to the fact that their base-ball men have been somewhat negligent in beginning their work. After the question had been agitated, about thirty candidates presented themselves, and during the past few weeks they have been training with such determination and vigor as to make up for lost time. The names of the candidates are as follows: Cheney...