Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Roosevelt made a short address in which he denied the much talked of "Harvard indifference." He dwelt upon the great value of putting enthusiasm into every thing that one does. He said he believed that there was as much enthusiasm in the Harvard men as in any other large body of students...
...reception to the Musical Clubs at Indianapolis last winter was merely the meeting of the Harvard Indiana Club. The club, though formed in November, 1886, to celebrate Harvard's 250th anniversary, was comparatively inactive until March 1891, when the visit of President Eliot to Indianapolis awakened the enthusiasm of Harvard men all over the state. Since then the club has had a steady growth, with at least one meeting a year...
...seems, therefore, as if Mr. Kales chose a peculiarly unfortunate example to prove his point. It was the enthusiasm left over from the president's visit which made last year's concert a success. It is not strange that the Glee Club gentlemen were unaware of the previous existence of the Indiana Harvard Club, since the musical clubs only resort to those cities where the Harvard organizations have gained sufficient strength to ensure them good receptions...
This meet, it is hoped, being open only to college men and scratch races, will awake the enthusiasm which has been lacking in meets where semi-professionals competed. By next spring the Cycling Association hopes to have a team of bicycle riders which will do credit to Harvard on the track...
...game with Princeton this afternoon will be the most important that the Harvard team will play this year. It will, in a measure, take the place of the Yale game and the enthusiasm which has before marked the game at Springfield must this year be vented in the Princeton game. Today's contest, the first since 1889, will be, as we sincerely hope, the beginning of a long series of games with an old and as her repeated victories show a formidable rival. Of the six games played between 1883 and 1889, Princeton won five. Since the League was ended...