Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...teams have now time to start in with a will and with that spirit which shows a genuine determination to win. This spirit needs, perhaps, to be defined at Harvard, for it is perfectly apparent that until lately we, as a body of students, have not had the least idea of what it means. The idea conveyed by this term is not that we should sit down and spend our time in idle gossip over our "prospects"; it does not mean that we should grind our teeth and declare ourselves beaten from the start; nor does it mean that...
...candidates for athletic honors must get acquainted with the right idea of work; they must start in with it in mind, and devote all their energies to doing their whole duty. This is not a mere harangue, without a purpose,-it expresses what everyone connected with Harvard has longed to see for many years, a body of athletes at Cambridge going to work with a determination to do every thing...
...stand instead of leaning and lolling about, not only because it looks better to stand unsupported but because the habit carries a moral lesson. The first thing a recruit is taught to do is to stand straigt, no for looks but because the act of so standing conveys the idea of discipline. And for centuries the word in our language which is the typical expression fro absolute honesty has been uprightness...
...notice that the freshmen crew is to begin to train today, and as the number of the men has been reduced so that idea can be obtained of the final crew, we cannot forbear a word to these who are left on the subject of training. It is a fact that freshmen are likely to get over-framed about a week before the last face, and this is due almost entirely to the nervous strain rather than to too much work. It is neccessary for men trying for a crew to avoid this nervousness and to keep themselves...
Several athletic men were impressed with the idea that it would make a first rate winter sport. There are a great many days in the winter when the ground is frozen and the air bracing, and these days could be utilized by any who like the sport to go out and play a little. It is by no means necessary to have eleven men on each side. Four or five on each side can play a game and have a great deal of fun out of it. The game is excellent for the wind and develops quickness and steadiness...