Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...football dinner at the American House last night was a great success. The enthusiasm which was shown at the dinner was of the same unanimous and heartfelt style which has characterized the support that Harvard gave to the team this fall. All the speeches were enthusiastically received and the cheering and singing added a touch of excitement to the evening...
...many years Harvard's reputation on the track was up-held by a few stars who possessed the happy faculty of invariably carrying all before them. In those early days of track athletics, before college enthusiasm for that branch of sport was roused, it was not unusual for Harvard to be represented in the dual games with Yale by a team of not more than a dozen men. In fact, not many more than that number took the trouble to train for the team. Fortunately such a condition of affairs is entirely unknown today. It took only...
...four consecutive defeats by Yale, four consecutive defeats by Princeton, three consecutive defeats by Pennsylvania. This did not seem a natural outcome of existing conditions as the situation seemed to present every element of success for Harvard--plenty of opportunity, plenty of coaches, plenty of candidates and plenty of enthusiasm, besides the favorable attitude of the University authorities...
...history of Harvard football a special defence was worked out to meet Pennsylvania's guards-back. The distinctive feature of the 1898 eleven was its kicking game, which was to my mind the most highly perfected that any team has ever had. This, the simplicity of the plays, the enthusiasm of the college, and particularly the careful way in which the eleven was handled were the causes of the success...
...show their superiority. The class crews did much the same, excepting that they did nothing in the autumn, and after the class race in the spring they stopped. This was the first year that the Weld Boat Club really came into prominence. It profited immensely by the new enthusiasm for rowing that arose that year and showed greatly increased activity and improvement...