Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ners by two inches. Then the pent-up enthusiasm of the whole junior class broke forth into indiscriminate cheering and the team was borne away on the shoulders of their classmates. Gilman, on the shoulders of four men, was carried around the "yard" followed by a crowd of '85 enthusiasts cheering until they were hoarse when they took him to his room in Matthews. While the juniors were thus disporting themselves to their own satisfaction the large crowd quietly filed out of the gymnasium and the third winter meeting of 1884 was over...
...cannot but be pleasing to the members of the different crews to see the interest taken in their rowing this year. Every day thus far the boat house has been thronged with men, watching the different crews. There is always more enthusiasm at this time of the year than at any other, and we trust that it will not die out. Last year a large number of men went to the boat house daily until the nines went into the field, but then as Jarvis was nearer than the boat house they turned their attention entirely to the nine...
...would seem, should there be any such factor left in Harvard life as "class feeling," as if the pennant offered to the class winning the greatest number of events in these winter meetings ought to arouse a certain amount of enthusiasm. The competition for it will be very close, and it is entirely a matter of speculation as to which class will receive it. It is certainly an honor worth working for and ought to stimulate each class to see that it is well represented in each contest, so that it may have a fair chance of securing it. Such...
...continual, with one exception, when '86 got in a good heave and regained a little rope. But it was all in vain, and when time was called at the end of the five minutes, '87 had won by nearly seven inches. The gymnasium immediately became the scene of frantic enthusiasm, as the victorious freshmen carried their team from the cleats...
...enter the events and less indifference felt toward the issue of the meetings. The success of the meetings, of course, depends to a great extent on the number of entries, and it is most unpleasant to see the success of the meetings jeopardized by any lack of such enthusiasm as ought to be shown...