Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Emperor and Empress of Russia drove through the streets of St. Petersburg last Sunday, in an open sledge, to the Michaeloff palace. As they passed through the streets they were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm...
...leaving only the quarter-back behind the line. The ball was then passed back to Mason, and as the thousand spectators held their breath he sent it flying over the bar, thereby winning the game, just four minutes before time was up. Then the pent-up enthusiasm of the crowd burst forth, and cheer on cheer went up, making the wildest confusion until time was called and the game decided; then they rushed bodily into the field, bearing off the victors on their shoulders. The referee immediately decided the game belonged to Harvard, although the Princeton captain claimed that their...
Field day passed off quietly, without any occurrence worthy of special note. Interest in boating, if not dead, is quite soundly sleeping, but will doubtless revive when the completion of the gymnasium affords opportunity for practice during the winter. Base-ball is monopolizing the enthusiasm of the athletes and students generally, especially since the victory over the Syracuse Stars. Work has begun on the long promised base-ball and athletic grounds, and Cornell will soon have ample room for developing her skill and muscle and for exhibiting that skill and muscle when developed...
...much gratified at this interesting display of musical athletics. The Glee Club won the toss. Having massed the basses in the centre, and stationed the tenors on the wings, the leader gave the signal for readiness. In the meantime the 'cellos had performed a beautiful fantasia, which elicited great enthusiasm from the lookers-on, but gradually subsided to a low wail, as if preparatory to defeat. The signal was given; the instruments lead off on the "Marseillaise," while from the other end of the field thundered the chorus of "Yankee Doodle." A terrific crash followed, as the opposing ranks...
...establishment of an intercollegiate tennis association, which should arrange matches between various colleges. Communications were sent to several colleges, but so many negative answers were received that it seemed that the time had not yet come, and the project was necessarily abandoned. We take this opportunity, when the enthusiasm of the game is still fresh, and when several months' space can be granted the tennis association to negotiate with the associations of other colleges, to advocate the project again. The sentiment here is, we think, strongly in favor of such a movement, and, by the statements of our exchanges...