Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...year varied." The Student attributes this state of affairs to the influence of the present policy of the faculty, and although it deprecates hazing, declares strongly in favor of some manifestations of college spirit. "We frankly admit that we do not admire the style of youth sans vim, sans enthusiasm, who would be a model in this modern school. The typical young man is enthusiastic, manly and generous, and a policy that destroys the material for class historians and crushes class enthusiasm and college precedent, will repel him from our doors. Our college authorities seem at present to be making...
Perhaps never before has a foot-ball season opened more auspiciously for Harvard than has the present one The enthusiasm and evident desire to work shown by the numerous candidates has been all that can be desired. Capt. Appleton returned to college at the end of last week and immediately began the preparations for the fall's sport. On Monday the half-backs began practicing, and have been putting in very good work twice a day since that time. The partial success of the eleven last fall has created a livelier interest than ever throughout the college at large, which...
Captain Appleton has laid aside everything in favor of the work on the field this fall, and failure cannot come from any lack of enthusiasm or steady work on his part. Mr. Cabot, the captain of last year's team, has been on the field several days practicing hard in half back play. Austin has shown up very finely in the preliminary practice and promises to make a very valuable man for the back or half back. Henry, who will be remembered as one of the half backs of the '82 team, has returned to college and began his work...
...growing more liberal and cosmopolitan in its character. It has already abandoned all the weaker and more puerile forms of college sports which formerly flourished under the name of hazing. The tone of student opinion at Harvard we believe is not particularly indifferent, but is energetic and full of enthusiasm. As the college itself has broadened and become more liberal so has the student mind. Within the past year we have seen a large advance in this direction on both sides. With the signs which accompany the beginning of the present term we may look for a far greater advance...
...that are played. I calculate that some eight or ten students in every class of one hundred lose very much of the benefit of their college life because their hearts are in the sports rather than in the studies. I am sorry to be obliged to say that the enthusiasm of the students is expended on these muscular feats rather than on intellectual exercises. The hero-of his class is one who stands high, not in literature or science or philosophy, but in more physical agility. The larger portion of the ordinary news organ of the college is often given...