Word: esprit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Self-government is, in general, the most satisfactory kind of government in an intelligent community. It develops an "esprit de corps" and a feeling of co-operation which cannot otherwise be attained. In recent years Harvard undergraduates, following the easiest course, have gradually turned over to the college authorities the management of the principal student activities, with the exception of class elections. Last fall's episode showed a surprising lack of interest in our only remaining student function...
...Methods of Establishing and Maintaining "Esprit de Corps...
...besides this decided change of esprit, the Yale team which has been so unsettled in nearly all of its games this season seems at last to have become stable; the quarterback problem which has worried Coach Jones for so long has finally been settled...
...been torn out by the roots, and Tad Jones, with a few carefully selected helpers, have been put in power. All New Haven seems to have an abundance of confidence in Jones and, since 1916, has rated him as the football genius of a generation. This will mean an esprit de corps running through the football squad and on to the least significant undergraduate...
...enlisting men in groups, it is possible to have a very congenial crowd at drills and camps, and thus rebuild the excellent "esprit de corps" that existed before the war. A lot of fellows enlisting together may bring some more friends in; then they go to and from the Armory together and enjoy the weekly drills much more. That was the situation before the war--a congenial crowd who enjoyed the work. There will be courses in the technique of artillery, special detail work and such advanced work as any men may desire...