Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With the most sincere respect for the point of view taken by the writers of these letters, we think that their alarm is a little unnecessary, and that they misinterpret the spirit in which the song was written and published. They read between the lines a combination of ill-timed overconfidence, and viciousness toward Yale. We know that the verses in question, as a matter of fact, gave voice to neither the one nor the other. We feel confident moreover that they were not so understood by undergraduates here, and that if noticed at all by Yale men, which...
...eleven has played this season. The team as a whole played listlessly, and it may be said indifferently at times; and though four touchdowns were scored, they were made simply on Harvard's superior strength and were far from being the result of fast, aggressive playing. Judging from the spirit prevalent throughout the game, the men were evidently not playing their best, nor trying to, and taken after the excellent showing of last week against Brown, such a reaction is at least unwarrantable. Throughout the game, there was a most conspicuous jumble of plays. The line men failed to open...
...proposed University Club has been awakened through the columns of your paper it seems a great pity to let the matter drop. The crying need of our University is for some organization which shall bring the student body together, abolish false distinctions, and revise and increase the college spirit. Everyone of us desires this and we could give to the graduates and outside world at large no more practical demonstration of our desire for it than by contributing heartily to the funds for this club. Let the class presidents meet their classes and call upon every...
...those who have active charge. Harvard for many years has grown more and more de-centralized in interest and some positive check must immediately be applied. The University Club, as proposed, seems to offer the easiest and most certain means of again uniting the student body and producing a spirit of unity which shall be powerful enough to bring success to our efforts, whether athletic or literary...
...most important results accomplished by the club is seen in the weakening of much of that spirit of snobbishness which was previously so strong, particularly in the classes of the college department and which used to be an element most injurious to class spirit and college loyalty. The members of the club are brought together socially in the fortnightly smokers and by the entertainments given by the Glee, Mask and Wig, and Garrick Clubs in the Auditorium...