Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...faction of Exeter students, chiefly preps, have been trying to introduce the use of white tall hats in the school. Their enthusiasm has been quelled, it is reported, by several seniors capturing these hats from their aesthetic owners...
...should not bring out a team able to make a good stand against the elevens from other universities. But in awakening a general interest in this sport the difficulties will be greater. In the first place, we have already three great branches of athletics that absorb most of the enthusiasm of the university. In these the interest is intense, owing to the exciting character of the contests. But experience has shown that to keep up this interest the contests must be exciting. The enthusiasm over rowing has declined when the races are not close, and foot-ball came very near...
...Exonian of Phillips Exeter Academy has the following : "Last year, as most of our readers are aware, boating was far below par. The reason for this sudden change from the intense enthusiasm of the previous year to a state of utter indifference was due to the decidedly unsatisfactory - to put it mildly - boats in which the crews would be compelled to row. Now, unless new boats are secured this spring a race next June is not likely to occur. The boat club, we are informed, has not many thousand dollars in its treasury, in fact, is barely free from debt...
...Sargent then proceeds to explain the causes for the absence of enthusiasm in most institutions of learning. He attributes this in great part to either poor gymnasia or inefficient instructors. His account of an average gymnasium is very amusing and well worth reading. He also deprecates "the lack of a suitable man, with sufficient authority, at the head of the department - a man who is a college graduate, a practical gymnast, and an educated physician...
...besides, open air life is most beneficial. Although it is undoubtedly true that the spirit of rivalry does enter to a great extent in these athletic sports, and possibly produces some unfortunate results, still it seems to us impossible to supply any substitute that will arouse the same enthusiasm. This spirit of rivalry is the same spirit that enters into all the matters of life and is a most necessary part of that life. That at some colleges it is apt to bring about such perfection in a few individual men to the discouragement of the many is unfortunate...