Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outside in the Yard between Holworthy and Grays Halls, between Harvard, Massachusetts and University Halls a great throng of two thousand young Harvard men had come together with spontaneous enthusiasm to see, to cheer, to hear the man about whom they had read so much, but seldom or never seen, the man whom they felt rather than Few realized until after it was all over and twilight had descended about the trees and old bricks of Harvard Yard that they had been present at the most notable assemblage ever gathered at the University, that it was to greet...
...league in which groups of friends formed teams and competed for the league crown with all the ardor of championship contenders. Last Sunday's snow storm put an untimely end to all further thought of football, but Mr. Bingham and his aides have plans already formulated for carrying the enthusiasm developed during the last weeks of November on through the winter...
...founded a year ago, but I have had many conferences with some of its officials, with Mr. Fox, Mr. Field, and Miss Breckinridge particularly. They have kept me informed of the fine purpose that has been kept steadily in view and the generous enthusiasm which I feel confident will continue to supply the necessary motive power to make the movement a success. An older person can hardly read this program without being impressed by the knowledge of the situation in higher education that exists in the United States today and by the good judgment shown in the selection of topics...
...distinguish the characteristics of the student body at Dartmouth is a difficult task for one who is a part of that body and who cannot accurately compare it to other groups. But there is one quality which seems to be lacking among Dartmouth undergraduates, and that is enthusiasm...
...then we agree that America is a hard place in which to do good teaching, we must be fair and admit that America intends to support teaching and does so with great enthusiasm. The difficulty is not one of intention, but one of understanding. America has a great belief in education; it has faith in education and wants it, but just what it is that it wants is not very clear. Our typical expression is "Culture or bust". Here it is "understanding or bust", and I think that we ought to look at both sides of this situation. America...