Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With the advent of the boating season one topic of discussion recurs which ought to engage the attention of all who feel an interest in boating. Mention has frequently been made that Harvard, despite her great athletic spirit, is sadly lacking in an individual interest in boating. The students while taking an interest in the 'varsity and class crews, do not feel a personal enthusiasm for rowing as an exercise and as a sport. It has been recommended in the past that a single scull contest should be instituted to rouse the students to a more active interest in rowing...
...meeting of the Union is one that should call out a large attendance. Home rule for Ireland is the absorbing topic of English politics. As many students have elected courses in English history, student interest in the subject of home rule is on the qui vive. The usual Union spirit will undoubtedly characterize the debate this evening, and all who attend will find profit and instruction...
...their issue of yesterday the editors of the Monthly departed from the strict letter of their rule that the leading article in each number should be written by some Harvard alumnus; but they kept to the spirit by getting Assistant Professor Cohn to contribute a short essay on Jules Grevy. Although Mr. Cohn uses English uncommonly well for a foreigner, yet his work has not the same finish which we would demand in the case of a native. Nevertheless, in spite of his disadvantages he has succeeded in giving a very readable account of President Grevy. The career of this...
Every man owes his success in life to "catching the step," either by observation or by instinct. Thirty years ago, a college graduate was expected to go into the ministry, law, medicine, or engineering. Now the world is changed. There is at present, too, a spirit of organization. As Tennyson says; "The individual withers, and the whole is more and more." The presence of this spirit makes the difference between our own times and those of our fathers. Combinations of capital were the first to arise. Those of labor now confront them. The two must be harmonized, and the railroad...
...second winter meeting passed off with the greatest interest and enthusiasm. Aside from the disappointment which was caused by one or two decisions of the judges, it was most successful. Spectators as well as contestants entered into the spirit of the affair and showed their enjoyment in the most hearty manner. But we have always doubted the expediency of having sparring on Ladies' Day and Saturday's exhibition was not calculated to change our opinion...