Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large audience welcomed Prof. Royce last evening on the occasion of his third lecture on California. "Popular Government and Lynch Law in the Mines" was the subject. California, said Prof. Royce, was essentially an American community in all stages of her development. The "new comers of 1849" imbued a spirit of youthful energy into the old camps. Bayard Taylor tells of their industry, mirthfulness, hospitality and public spirit. He found that the first election resembled a "blind pool" of the present day, everyone voting on men and questions of which they know nothing. Among the laws and customs the idea...
Students are proverbial grumblers. They may be rated dull by their companions, or they may startle the college world by their brilliancy, but all have a recognized ability to find fault. It is not this spirit of mere growling, however, that is at the root of the present dissatisfaction with our marking system. There are evils in that department that justify a more earnest and rational remonstrance than that of the college grumbler...
...somewhat hackneyed variations on the "Russian Hymn" were exquisitely played, as was also Mendelssohn's canzonetta, an exceedingly bright and delicate composition. In the Schubert quartet was found the best work of the evening, taking all things into consideration. The first movement, particularly, was given with admirable fire and spirit. The second and last movements may be mentioned as remarkable for the depth of feeling displayed. At the conclusion an unusually hearty round of applause attested the enjoyment of the listeners...
...brought forth fruit, some a hundred fold." The communication printed in another column in reference to a previous editorial on "religious decadence" at Harvard, as pictured in a prominent New York paper, is surely of the "hundred fold." We fully appreciate the shock which the writer's devout spirit has experienced at our "gross misrepresentation" of the article in question. It has never been the custom for a non-sectarian college newspaper man to read between the lines even in "his excitement." Nor is "his anger" aroused at a statement which bears upon its face its utter falsity. Any Harvard...
...lack of a little energy to raise the sum of $4.500, we will not support our previous victories? To say nothing of the want in itself of a Grand Stand, which is greatly felt, it would give a boom to athletics which is much needed at present. Our spirit of over confidence is too great. The mere fact that the Mott Haven Cup has been in our gymnasium for the last six years won't bring...