Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...narrow the number of those who take regular athletic training to those who find some hope of "getting on the team." In England there are dozens of "teams" in each school and the goal is good health and honest sport rather than winning a game. It is this spirit that progressive universities such as Harvard and Yale should foster in the preparatory schools, if necessary, by arbitrarily requiring a certain amount of physical development...
...finer points of the stroke. To be sure, there was an extremely annoying tendency to rush the work in almost every part of the stroke and the slides were an especially difficult matter for the coach. The blade work had been steadily improving and the snap and spirit of the members admirable. It is yet to be seen how all this will be affected by the illness of Williams and the longer absence of Wickes who will not get back to work until Wednesday...
...hard to believe that a class, which, by its prominence in nearly every line of University activity has thus far made a favorable impression on upperclassmen, can be lacking in common spirit to such an extent. It is possible that the very success of the class in athletics has served as a blind to its true character. With so many to draw from, good teams might be put in the field in spite of an absence of general interest. Before drawing such a conclusion, however, we would suggest another possible explanation of this financial failure...
...private performance of the one-act play "Die Schul Reiterin" was given by the Deutscher Verein last evening in the Newtowne Club House. The performance went off with a great deal of spirit and without any perceptible hitches. There was a tendency, however, to speak rapidly and to slur many of the words and phrases. H. B. Stanton 1900 and J. W. Frothingham '99 played their parts most intelligently and with least exaggeration...
This plan would not only give excellent practice in street drill,- forming squares, street column, etc.,- but would also help to show the patriotic spirit of the University...