Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...students this year which is of itself a sufficient guarantee of the size of the crowd which will send off the team. Every element is present to make this send-off the most stirring in the history of our teams, and if every man will lose himself in the sentiment of the parting, the team will be sure to go from us bound...
...secret practice and have left its results to show themselves in victory over Yale. This unity is very gratifying and will not fail to have its effect. There is always one danger, however, in connection with such a feeling. An eleven, feeling itself backed up so unanimously by public sentiment, is apt to start in with a great play of some kind and then, when its opponents, urged on to desperation, retaliate with something equally good, to lose the force and determination of its first effort. This is very natural, but it should not be allowed to interfere with...
...difficulties which beset an umpire-probably no man is in a less enviable position. Yet we venture to say that college spirit is fair enough to stand sturdily by an umpire in resolutely ruling out every man who shows himself no gentlemen. Here is the remedy-a general sentiment among players themselves against "slugging" and absolute determination in umpires to rule it out, and, we may add, hearty support of umpires by students. More specifically, much may be done by the three great games this season to put an end to this unfair, unmanly "slugging." These three games, if rightly...
...communication in another column expresses the sentiment of a great many students. There may have been some reason why on this particular occasion insufficient care was taken to see that the students had seats. The trouble is an old one, however, and will be the rule this year rather than the exception if steps are not taken to remedy it. Preachers have already been announced in the calendar who will be sure to attract immense audiences, and the students should be given first chance on the evenings when these men preach...
...school has surpassed even its former record in regard to the number of states represented. Among these are North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, and Oregon. The presence of men from so many sections of the country does much to liberalize college sentiment. Moreover, the general character of the men who enter the school is such as perceptibly to raise the tone of scholarship here...