Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...independent, self-reliant spirit which has grown up at Harvard, partly as a result of the liberal policy by which the government of the university has intrusted to the students the regulation of their own conduct, is less heard of than its rival, "Harvard indifference," but it exists for all that. When men are treated like men instead of like children they begin to feel and act like men. The two great students' organizations, the Harvard Dining Association and the Harvard Co-operative Society, are evidences that the Harvard undergraduate is pretty well able to take care of himself...
...several of our leading colleges could maintain societies of this character they could act together in the importation of foreign books and in some other departments of trade, and could accomplish much more than any organization can hope to do single-handed. A moderate amount of energy and public spirit would suffice to found a strong and useful society at any of the colleges named. - [N. Y. Times...
...Spirit of the Times editorially speaks of the Princeton athletic meeting. It says: "When all but boxing had been finished, the president of the Athletic Association made a short oration. We have unfortunately mislaid our stenographic report of this address, but its peroration was in substance as follows: 'Ladies and Gentlemen - The remaining events of our programme are a series of beastly, barbaric, brutal boxing bouts. Those who do not wish to see the bruised, battered, bleeding bodies of the boxers borne to their barracks will please withdraw during the intermission of five minutes now given for that purpose...
...questions on athletics, however, consultations are now generally held between the students and committees from the faculty, and the success attending these consultations has doubtless led to the desire for combined action on all questions of interest to the students. With the present steady advance in the liberal spirit of Harvard it remains only a question of time when this final action will be taken. - [Boston Journal...
...well represented among college poets and her work has met with great success throughout the college world. A collection of this sort would be a pleasant sort of a book for every Harvard graduate and would serve more than any other one book could, to remind him of the spirit and life of his college days. We feel sure that a publisher could be obtained who would assume the responsibility of the work and allow the compiler to run no risk. A selection of college poetry has been suggested also which should represent the entire college press, but the success...