Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...could appreciate the pleasure of sculling, they would go into the "Harvard Cup" races with enthusiasm. There is a fine silver challenge cup which the winner holds for one year, besides a handsome plated cup to keep forever. On the challenge cup the winner has his name engraved and thus passes down the fame of his prowess to the future...
Only a moderate sized audience was in Sanders theatre last evening to hear the readings of Professor J. W. Churchill of Andover, together with the concert by the Glee and Banjo clubs. Professor Churchill's readings were excellent and called unbounded enthusiasm from the audience. His first selection, "Dr. Marigold's Last Prescription," was given very appreciatively, but did not take so well as his others. "A Strange Duel," was strong and graphic, but it was "No. 5 Collect Street" that found the most favor. His interpretation of that was admirable, and the rendering of the encore...
...considered are, "for the physical benefit of the men who participate in them," "for the honor of the institution which may indulge in them," and lastly, "for the benefit of the undergraduate, who honors out-of-door sport, and who supports it with his heartiest shout and his unbounded enthusiasm." The Advocate rightly says that the first answer is wrong, that the second is subordinate and that the third is or should be the correct answer. There is room for doubts whether the value of the second benefit enumerated is rightly estimated. It is true that recent con roversies have...