Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...reply to the gentleman that I thank heaven I have no sympathy with his sentiments, and that I hope and believe few Harvard men have. If he and those of his opinion be so void of imagination, so dried at heart, and so lean of chivalry as not to feel the stir of a single inspiration from the past at entering that contest which has been shared in by so many Harvard generations-pray let them sit upon the benches and be silent. But to be brief...
...Morison '83 then spoke of the interest which the graduates feel in all the sports and of their desire to do all in their power to promote success...
...remedy for this lies in the spirit with which the general body of students looks upon the offenders. They should be made to feel that they are not wanted in a place where their actions so belie their years. It is the duty of every man of spirit and refinement to speak openly and candidly upon a subject of such vital importance not only to the harmony and efficency of the courses, but to the reputation of the college in the outside world...
This method of management has some minor faults, however, though not, we believe, irremediable. For one thing the students believe the extreme secrecy with which it conducts its affairs, particularly its intercollegiate correspondence, in a large part is unnecessary. They feel that the college athletics are primarily the affairs of the undergraduates, that the Athletic Committee is in a way responsible to them, and that they therefore have a right to know what it is doing in all important matters. They realize however that intercollegiate athletics are not conducted as frankly and openly as true amateur sport demands they should...
...uncertainty and changeableness in stroke and coaching, which have been Harvard's undoing in rowing for so many years, in a single stroke and a single system to be continued from year to year. If this system is successful in turning out winning crews, as the rowing authorities feel sure it will be, a great part of the credit will be due Mr. Lehmann, who has come so far and who by the end of the year will have devoted so much valuable time and energy to the crew. Both graduates and undergraduates have a lively appreciation of the sacrifices...