Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshmen are pulling a sort of man-of-war stroke at present. They are working in the right spirit, however, and an improvement in their rowing is easily seen from day today. There are some good men in the boat, and the crew is without doubt big and strong enough, despite the reports to the contrary. Just now their oars are in the air all the time except during a very vigorous catch, but this is always noticeable in a green crew...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- It is not without reluctance that I venture to attack an institution as useful as the Co-operative Society. I voice, however, the sentiments of a goodly number in protesting against the frequent and usually unwarranted rudeness of the management. The independent spirit of the officials is possibly pardonable, but the manner of its display is inexpressibly galling. Any complaint, far from being met in a proper spirit, seems to be regarded by the superintendent in the light of a personal affront, and the complainant is subjected too often to abuse...
...existence of such a feeling, even without good reason, causes a friction and sense of irritation which tends to produce attempts to evade such restriction, by ways which are extremely foreign to the old-time Harvard spirit of open and cordial relations between students and faculty...
...Believing that the best way to encourage this spirit is to place the responsibility upon the students themselves, we respectfully urge the Faculty to abolish the restriction which prevents the college nine from playing with other than amateur clubs, leaving to the undergraduate managers and the athletic committee of the Faculty the settlement of such limitations of this privilege as may seem advisable...
...careless about investigation and eagerness to condemn. We trust he will see that his words turn back upon himself. The CRIMSON does not criticise for the sake of criticising, but because it hopes to eradicate evil and bring about good. If men would take its editorials in the spirit in which they are written, and above all, would be less hot-headed in jumping to unwarranted conclusions, much ill feeling would be spared...