Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...address expressed the hope that by means of the free election of studies each student would secure a curriculum, chosen with regard to natural preference and inborn aptitude. It was his aim to substitute small, interested classes for large, uninterested ones, and to foster scholarship by increasing ardor and enthusiasm in the college and by relieving the various courses of the presence of perfunctory students. The history of the system, however, bears out Professor Munsterberg in his statement in "American Traits," that two-thirds of the elections are haphazard, controlled by accidental motives. In 1903 the Committee on Improvement...
...from the students will support this statement. Many men on account of their college spirit, shyness, or inability to say "no" give much more liberally than they should; while many others, who can well afford to give, give nothing, because they appreciate the large credit balance or have less enthusiasm, or know how to put off the collector. Thus to some men, and especially Freshmen, this matter of subscriptions becomes a serious problem in their College lives...
...Between the selections the old songs, started here and there by groups at tables, were taken up enthusiastically by the entire crowd. At the close, "Up the Street," "Veritas," "Scotty" and "In Harvard" were played by the orchestra, the two last named especially, being received with great enthusiasm. The singing of "Fair Harvard" concluded one of the most successful entertainments that has ever been given in the Union...
...Blaikie stroked the University crew which defeated Yale in 1866, and afterward continued to show ardent enthusiasm for rowing and other athletics by writing on these subjects. In 1879 he published "How to Get Strong and How to Stay So," of which more copies have been sold than of any other book written on athletics...
Religion to many people, said Bishop Vincent, means personal safety and security from discomfort. Real religion is a different thing. It rejoices in the message of eternal life, but it never loses sight of earth. Its claims are vital and practical. 14 calls upon a man to think with enthusiasm and attention upon the true and honorable and lovely things of life...