Word: grit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college rowdyism, or "rah rah" spirit at Harvard. And for the majority an intercollegiate football game means something more than an opportunity to give vent to "canned enthusiasm" by wild cheers and drunkenness. It is a clean contest, well and fairly fought, an exhibition of skill, grit, loyalty and team-work, that leaves the spectator with an increased desire to attain those qualities for himself...
...instinct for men to stand together in adversity which is lacking in success, and every Harvard man who has previously felt only a complacent interest in the team is now backing it heart and soul. It is defeat which shows the true calibre of men, and the grit and fighting qualities showed by Captain Mahan and his team in Saturday's game have brought them out of the contest more respected, if such a thing is possible, than they were before the game...
...sprung from the so-called "middle classes," who hold off from the first group partly from disapproval and partly from disapproval and partly from inability to break social barriers; and the third, a group far greater than is generally realized, consists of those who have, by dint of extraordinary grit and determination, worked their rough-hewn way to learning. If these three classes could be welded together, and if the consequent result could be brought clearly before the nation's eyes, Dr. Fitch feels that Harvard will have gone far toward setting a firm claim on the title...
...three succeeding games, however, with Holy Cross, Penn. State, and Cornell, there was marked progress. Against Holy Cross, the line came through with an exhibition of grit and fight such as it has not shown since; and in the Penn. State and Cornell games, the interference, good from the beginning, seemed to have almost reached perfection...
...though on the field in his clothes, was again absent from the line-up, his place being filled by Weston and Mills. The latter plays rather high on the line, and in general shows rack of training. Yet he is very heavy, firm under attack, and has lots of grit and muscle. Under the tuition he is receiving from Bob Fisher and the Withingtons, his work should show vast improvement in the course of a couple of weeks Soucy appeared at centre during about half of the scrimmage, and also showed a lack of acquaintance with the fine points...