Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...character be assured until this is achieved. What has conferred continuous vitality upon cricket and foot-ball is that they are "understanded of the people." A game that is the game of only one class, or at most of only one section of the community, can never excite the enthusiasm or acquire the national dignity enjoyed by one where, by a touch of nature, prince, peer and peasant are made kin. Lawn tennis is exactly calculated to be a game of the latter sort. It is fit for old and young, for men and women, for the strong...
Very little enthusiasm was shown in the game on Saturday. Yale did not cheer once. Harvard received excellent treatment throughout...
...authorities at the Union boat house, Thursday, refused students admission to the float at the end of the race. It is largely due to this fact that the enthusiasm was less marked than in former years...
...arrangements for the race were all well made, and to this is due the promptness in starting. Less than the usual amount of enthusiasm was manifested at the finish, although the race was one of the finest and most closely contested of any of the recent class races. The sophomores are to be congratulated on their excellent showing, and the recovery of third place from the freshmen when it seemed to be lost to them...
...anticipated by theory. In a class-room where both student and instructor are studying the subject because they are thoroughly interested, their old position as natural and hereditary enemies is lost sight of, and both the quantity and the quality of the work show the advantages of harmony and enthusiasm. There are no laggards to hold back the rest, while the very men whose lack of comprehension of a subject would under the required system, tend to laziness and failure are often enthusiastic and successful students in the department where their talents take them. Another great advantage is that useless...