Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...coming year at Michigan University witnesses a new co-operative society there, something on the plan of the successful one here at Harvard. Not much can be learned of it as yet, but this is known, that there is much enthusiasm among the students for such an enterprise, and that almost all of them have signified their intention of supporting it. The plan calls for a membership fee of $2.00, and this is expected to cover all expenses, the goods being sold at cost price, with no advance. The superintendent is to receive $500 salary. The need of such...
...operative society, during the summer, and received many valuable suggestions from him. He was shown the workings of the organization here, and also many of the affiliated tradesmen, from whom he ordered many articles for the Michigan students, finding Boston an advantageous place in which to buy. With the enthusiasm already shown he thought that the society could not help being successful and sure of a rapid growth, as it is looked upon with much favor by the college authorities...
...attended a crew, went to pieces at New London, barely won a race from Columbia's wretched crew and were beaten by Yale, Everyone knows how Yale in spite of several new men in the boat and a radically changed stroke, by houest and intelligent work, backed by honest enthusiasm, turned out a crew which won honor for their college and themselves. Comment is unnecessary. In baseball, with by far the best nine in the league, we gave the championship to our old enemy. It is true that our nine did very fine work, the finest for many a year...
...pushing forward and Perkins and his gallant crew steadily forced the bow of their shell forward so fast that at a mile and a half from the start they were ahead and still gaining. It was then the turn of the Harvard supporters to give vent to their enthusiasm, which they did in a series for frantic "rash" and cries of "Harvard ! Harvard !!" until they were hoarse. But this happy state of affairs was not to last and at the end of a few minutes Yale was again in front and this time for good. From...
...enthusiasm of the wheelmen received an effectual dampened, yesterday...