Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...This enthusiasm to which a man is stirred, and which prompts him to sacrifice himself for the success of his side, is one of the chief arguments in favor of foot ball. Any man who has learned to display determination on the foot ball field, is very certain to show it in any work of life be may afterward enter. The Duke of Wellington declared that all his great victories had been decided long before on the foot ball fields of England. Moreover, a few bruises cannot offset the advantages of that training whose great aim is to develope coolness...
...pent-up enthusiasm of the Republicans now found vent in a mammoth torchlight demonstration. In the evening the column was formed in the upper entry of the main dormitory, and shortly afterwards the line of march was taken up through the principal corridors of the building. Each young lady was provided with a candle, and a-well, no, not a "black bottle," but a bottle of salts, let us say. The procession was loudly cheered at various points on the route, and it was thought that the affair was to pass off without a jar, when suddenly, as the chief...
...number of men who will accompany the eleven on their trip to New Haven turns out to be but a mere handful. What a contrast is this with the enthusiasm which led over two hundred men to make a similar journey two years ago. Is the cause to be looked for in a decrease of interest among the students in inter-collegiate games? We think not. Rather let us ascribe the smallness of the number to the slimmer chances of success. Two years ago Harvard had played a tie game with Princeton, and when the game with Yale came...
...project, which our correspondent advocates, of a union of all the athletic associations in college is open to serious objections, although there is undoubtedly something in its favor. In the first place, by such a union, much of the enthusiasm which is felt by the members of an association for that association, would be lost. there would be no incentive for the managements of the different organizations to come out ahead financially if they were to be helped out by the other members of the athletic union. Again, we doubt if the subscriptions would amount to so much under...
...Princeton men made up for their lack of numbers by the enthusiasm they showed, cheering the many brilliant plays of their team, and waving their orange and black flags valiantly in the faces of Harvard's supporters...