Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...found in the tendency toward individual teaching. This is a fearfully expensive improvement, and is the main reason for the increasing cost of an education in this country. But perhaps the chief evidence of progress is found in the change in the matter of discipline and the form and spirit of government in the school...
...about a mile on Cayuga Inlet, accompanied by Coach Wray in one of the Cornell launches. The eight maintained a slow stroke throughout the practice, which was merely to limber up after the night on the sleeping car. They moved fairly well together and appeared to put more spirit into their work than during the last few days. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon coxswain Rlagden and Coach Wray went over the course in the launch "Cornell," but as it was still too cold and windy on the lake for rowing, when the crew went out again...
...present case. By tireless work Mr. Pieper has developed from less than average material a baseball team of which the undergraduates are proud and more over a team which plays clean baseball in tight places as well as in games where the final result is never doubtful. The spirit and general behavior of a baseball team on the field are more or less what the captain and coach make them, and we are glad that Harvard games are not marred by pretty wrangles and unsportsmanlike tactics in the field or on the coaching lines...
...track work this year, an enthusiastic captain and a tireless manager have developed a splendid feeling of spirited work and good fellowship. We trust that Saturday's victory will strengthen this spirit, and that the men will keep it up until the intercollegiate meet, which we are again fortunate in having on our own field. Although it is useless to attempt to predict the result of this meet, we feel confident that the team that won from Yale on Saturday can and will represent Harvard worthily...
...will go into the contests handicapped by the poor condition of some of their best players and runners; but, despite the apprehension that these reports have caused during the past few days, we hope for and expect a two-fold victory. The baseball team has already shown its "fighting" spirit, and we feel that the track team will not be found wanting when the real test comes this afternoon...