Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Roosevelt is needed here, to inspire that enthusiasm which we must have, and which his tremendous magnetism may give. Perhaps here, arousing this nation to its fullest courage in fighting for a great cause, he could do as much as an adviser of the French general staff in directing the armies at the front...
...wild enthusiasm which greeted their appearance yesterday in Boston need doubt the sincerity of the affection our people feel for France...
...There was no wild outburst of enthusiasm for war in either England or any of the other countries when we saw that Germany was bound to cause our entrance into the war. We knew what we were up against and realized that it was different from all former wars. The situation was much similar to the one Voltaire was placed in when he was asked if he was in favor of capital punishment and replied, 'Certainly, let the assassins begin.' The war is being fought by the Germans on Allied territory, and is being carried nearer and nearer...
...older members of the faculty have formed a Home Guard and Rifle Club; the younger are in the R. O. T. C. A notable fact about the enthusiasm of Michigan is that about 150 men have given up the vacation that is now going on and are drilling four hours a day under a regular army officer...
Captain James A. Shannon, captain of cavalry, United States Army, who has just reported here for duty in connection with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, in an interview yesterday with a CRIMSON reporter, spoke with much enthusiasm of the spirit and organization of the University unit. Captain Shannon did not arrive in Cambridge until late Friday afternoon, so he has not had an opportunity to review any of the companies, but he has noticed the zeal and interest with which the student body is carrying forward its military preparations, and he is much impressed...