Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Raquette playing, hare and hounds and cricket have been absorbing the attention and enthusiasm of the students of St. Paul's School this fall...
...Salerno, or shall it mingle its rays with the northern aurora up among the fields of Norway, or shall it be borne across the Atlantic and reach the banks of the Charles, where Agassiz and Wyman have taught, where Hagen still teaches, glowing like his own Lampyris splendidula with enthusiasm, where the first of American botanists and the ablest of American surgeons are still counted in the roll of honor of our great university? - [Dr. Holmes...
...position on their class nine. Included in this number are several men who, at their fitting schools, particularly distinguished themselves in this branch of athletics, and others who, although with but little experience, still have shown remarkable aptitude for the sport. If the meeting Thursday evening, both as regards enthusiasm and in point of numbers, can be taken as an indication of '86's prospects on the ball field, we can say that they are certainly very favorable...
...transit of Venus excited the greatest enthusiasm among the students of Trinity College where the German astronomers were located, cheers being given for all parties concerned...
...have the satisfaction of knowing that its course meets the warm approval of one section at least of the educated community of the country. By means of these debates a lively and well-informed interest is maintained in all public questions. It seems a great pity that a greater enthusiasm in such matters should be manifested at the ancient universities of an effete monarchy than in the colleges of this great republic, where superior culture too often eschews practical politics and political discussions...