Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...friend, and Consuelo, his wife, are confident that he will find a purchaser. On the other hand, Dona Paz, the traditional mother-in-law, scoffs at it, and praises, instead, the daubing of Pepito, whom she has secret hopes of marrying. Her disdain is more than offset by the enthusiasm of Pepe's father, a comical, loving old gentleman with an unmanageable tongue. Pepe returns with the picture unsold. Soon after this shock, a millionaire plantation owner, Don Manuel, comes from Havana to help Pepito, his nephew, whom he has never seen. He mistakes Pepe for Pepito, buys his picture...
...second point, it is so important that the members of a team should know each other well and develop that keenness and enthusiasm which is essential to success, that a training-table would be of advantage even though ordinary food were supplied...
...witnessing the united spirit of the University is in athletic contests; and intercollegiate games, especially those with Yale, awake in him a sense of devotion to his Alma Mater which nothing else furnishes. There are few men whose spirit has not been stirred by witnessing the tremendous enthusiasm at a Yale game, and such an event leaves a lasting impression. It is well enough to say that such devotion is not of the highest type, but few Harvard men would be willing to give up the exalted spirit of devotion which was born in them at such times...
...spirit it is necessary that Harvard shall compete on an equal footing with her opponents. It may well be that the winning of a game is not the essential thing in athletic contests, but it is surely essential that there shall not be certainty of defeat, for that kills enthusiasm...
...tradition that the Club should present a play each year, but on account of the spontaneous wish of members of the Club. The Hasty Pudding play has become so much an institution that it has sometimes been given rather under the pressure of necessity than in response to any enthusiasm for it among the undergraduate members. In the future it is expected that should the materials for either play or cast be not forthcoming, no play will be produced...