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...afternoon of hard practice. There ought to be a great crowd on Jarvis to cheer and help the eleven to work under the pressure of excitement. Every good play should be encouraged and team work especially should be applauded. It is a good chance to show the amount of pent up enthusiasm which every one feels just at present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/19/1890 | See Source »

...danger of associating with professionals, it is humiliating that the first complaint must be made against college men. The offenses yesterday it is to be presumed, were not intentional but were due to thoughtlessness and the excitement of the close contest. Under such circumstances, if an outlet of pent-up enthusiasm is absolutely necessary it can always be found in cheering the good plays instead of in hooting at the poor ones. The sentiment of the college on such matters is too well known to be more elaborately expressed. The men attending the games must understand that such boorishness will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/18/1889 | See Source »

...bashful maids across the hall. After a while, when it became apparent that nothing further was expected of the men, except that they should go home, they cheerfully departed, congratulating each other on the delightful evening they all had spent. On the way home they gave vent to their pent up enthusiasm in a serenade to the young ladies of Lasselle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pierian Concert at Wellesley. | 1/18/1888 | See Source »

...that the more the advantages offered, the more they are neglected. It is all well enough when the crew have won a hard earned victory for their friends to greet them with hearty cheers and hand-shakings, but it would be far better if some of the pent-up enthusiasm could bubble forth now, instead of lying latent for the next four weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/4/1886 | See Source »

...world with which one can find fault, and he who finds fault with everything may be justly considered a pessimist. It is far from the truth that I consider the communication column of the CRIMSON a pessimist's column, but still there seems to be no other outlet for pent-up feelings over things with which one has become disgusted. The object of my fault-finding may seem small to many, but I feet sure that if it is remedied many will rejoice with me. I refer to the hot water faucets in the sponge baths as the gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/15/1886 | See Source »

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