Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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President Donald of the Junior class next spoke. He deplored the prevalent impression that there is no enthusiasm at Harvard; but said that it was undeniably true that there was not a sufficiently united spirit, one in which all men felt they had a part. This he attributed to the disintegration which was inevitable with so many smaller clubs. The object of the proposed club is to remedy this, to weld all interests into one, and to create a Harvard spirit. He referred to Pennsylvania, where the athletic spirit had been brought out and intensified by the University Club...
...athletic phase of the question. There is need, he said, of some force which shall bring a united Harvard to back up the athletic teams. To do this, a genuine, whole souled Harvard spirit must be created in which there is no division of interests, but one united enthusiasm. The University Club is the force which better than any other can bring this about; for it would have the support of all students, and would be the centre of University activity...
...scheme through. Nothing can be more important, even if the project is finally carried out, than that intelligent criticism be welcomed and given its full weight. The object of the meeting in the Fogg Museum tomorrow night, is not to carry any scheme through on a wave of popular enthusiasm. Mass meetings are often used for such purposes and it is doubtful whether in some cases they do not accomplish more harm than good...
...distinguished from any particular plan which may be proposed, the cause which has called forth the University Club scheme, is one into which every Harvard man should enter with whole-hearted enthusiasm. This plan merits attention because it is an honest attempt to meet certain well-defined needs of our university life. Whether or not it is the best solution of the problem, the problem itself is one to which we should devote ourselves seriously...
...next two years, except for a brief period, when he was in Boston, in the office of Lorin F. Deland. Each year he was found ready to aid in the coaching of the different teams at Harvard, and his appearance at Cambridge was always greeted with the greatest enthusiasm and inspired the highest confidence...