Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...annual enthusiasm at Memorial Hall the night before the Princeton game is growing weaker each year, according to the oldest waiter who philosophized on the important part such evenings form in a man's later reminiscences. It seems that in the good old days the chandeliers were festooned with victuals, and foodstuffs kept falling from the upper regions of the hall for several hours after the evening meal was over. The festivities this year opened with a volley of menus and table-number cards. This was rapidly followed by the conventional shower of sugar wrapped in napkins which were hurled...
With all the prestige of the Regiment last year and the enthusiasm of the members, together with the efforts. Which have been made this fall to make Military Science and Tactics 1 a success, it seems a pity that Harvard should not have been the first to establish these units. The men now enrolled in the course have, in many ways, made a personal sacrifice to do their part in maintaining the University's lead in the Preparedness movement. The delay in announcing the course made it impossible for many men who wished to enlist to rearrange their program...
...letters from the field are more simply written. They tell of incidents that impressed the writers, they do not often theorize and when they do, they have enthusiasm. Speaking of men and things seen on the trips, they are letters home from a strange land of moral grandeur and unceasing heroism...
Nearly 1,000 members of the University marched in the Hughes torchlight parade in Boston last night. The Regimental Band led the contingent and was greeted with great enthusiasm by the crowd...
...clean-cut victory in the relay race the first year men won for their class its numerals on the cup in the Technology Union as well as the privilege of smoking class pipes. Only in the tug-of-war did the sophomores show strength enough to overcome the enthusiasm of the freshmen. In that event the second year men succeeded in pulling their opponents over the mark two consecutive times...