Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...many and important, and now this duty is manifest. Since then also, not only have many undergraduates already identified with military drill in the State militia, volunteered for the public service, but a number have enlisted as raw recruits. As individuals these are to be commended for their patriotic enthusiasm, but it seems possible that the mass of young college bred men can prove more useful if they are less impetuous. The war has not, as yet, in the eyes of the administration, assumed proportions which present immediate enlistment as the test of patriotism. It rather presents the possibility...
...surprises of the year has been the remarkable revival of lacrosse. The movement was begun in the winter term with such enthusiasm that when the out-of-door season opened, about twenty-five men reported-among them being not a few experienced players. The practice thus far has been fast and clever. Captain Powell expects to make a creditable showing against Harvard, Toronto, Lehigh and the other teams which will be met later in the term...
...Friday evening. The plan was suggested some time ago and the promise was made that if local schools proved in favor, the B. A. A. boathouse and rowing coach would be placed at their disposal during certain hours. As might have been expected this liberal offer was received with enthusiasm by several schools, and now only the final arrangements remain...
...figure and the response was a general one. The second is now before us. If the Weld crews receive the support due them from the men dropped from their class squads, not only will the new regime be doubly justified but it will be felt that the enthusiasm of last season has come to stay...
With the exception of the Freshman squad almost all of the men on the river yesterday went at their work handsomely as if they had something to start with. This is the result of last season 's enthusiasm for boating which resulted in the establishment of a thorough system...