Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lectures of the Lowell Institute will be given this afternoon by Professor W. H. Ryder h.'60, of the Andover Theological Seminary, on "The Gospels as Historical Records." This will be the first of a course of ten lectures on the general subject "Christianity as a Religion of the Spirit under Historical Conditions," by professors from the University and the Andover Theological Seminary...
...secret practice which the football team held yesterday afternoon in the Stadium was one of the fastest and most encouraging of the entire season. The whole team played with more spirit, showed more life and dash than it has shown in any signal practice this year. There was no scrimmage, but both the first team and substitutes were given a long "dummy" scrimmage against the second team. Much attention was devoted to the handling of punts, to O'Flaherty's drop-kicking, and to the individual faults of each...
...Harvard men. Those few who are inciting these disturbances are spoiling one of the most useful courses in College for all who have a real interest in the lectures. They are creating bad precedents not only for this one course, but for all others to which their lawless spirit may be communicated. Men are sent to college to learn, not to horse their instructors...
...before it. He emphasized the necessity of keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping up in class-room work and thus keeping eligible for the teams. The idea of persistency, which is needed to develop a good football team, is also needed to make useful men. The spirit of Harvard, which alone will give a team the vigor and the support that will make it victorious, rests in the desire of each individual to do something that is worth while with all his power and all his enthusiasm...
...Charles River by finishing a few feet of open water ahead of the second crew, which in turn finished about ten lengths ahead of the third crew. An unfortunate blunder on the part of cox-swain King marred the race somewhat, but served to bring out the splendid spirit of the University eight, a spirit which wins races against heavy odds. Just before reaching the Cottage Farm Bridge the University crew ran into a launch anchored in the stream. All four starboard oars, and two of the outriggers hit, and all headway was stopped. At the time the University eight...