Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some men measure the quality of their loyalty and spirit by the quantity of its effervescence. There are always at least a few men who take the evening before the big games to display a childish enthusiasm at Memorial, by throwing bread and other more substantial missiles...
...sport were as harmless as it is childish, only personal preference would have to be consulted. But serious damage, not only to apparel, but more important, to valuable portraits has been done through mere thoughtlessness. Such ill-judged zeal should not be tolerated, even under the guise of college spirit...
Thus far the Freshmen have supported their dormitory teams very poorly, but provided 1918 shows enough spirit to complete the interdormitory football games, the winner of that series will be challenged by the winning eleven of the Haughton Cup series to play two out of three games for the championship. The Haughton Cup men have been practicing regularly for the past two weeks and are developing rapidly. The next game in this series will be played tomorrow between the "Crows" and the "Bingos...
...have been made in the past to find them out, and to inaugurate through forums and open meetings something in the nature of intellectual sociability. We learn that this meeting tonight is the first evidence of another attempt to establish intercourse between the thoughtful men of the University. The spirit that backs up the football team is a good thing. But can't some of it be enlisted in support and commendation of the initiative of the Speakers' Club and the co-operation of the Union? An "Oxford Union" at Harvard has been the propaganda of visionaries for years...
...contrast to the lack of spirit shown by the Freshmen, three full elevens of the Haughton Cup series have been reporting regularly for the past ten days. The next game in this series will be played on Thursday between the "Crows" and the "Bingos...