Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lowell Institute Lecture. "The Spirit of the Common Law. I Feudal Law," by Professor Roscoe Pound...
...from democracy instead of toward it; and that whatever doubtful good it may do in opening the eyes of the Freshmen to their own unimportance is more than neutralized in Sophomore year. Its enemies maintain further that it is childish and in every way out of accord with Princeton spirit, while its advocates believe that it is one of the factors which go to make up the individuality and charm of Princeton atmosphere...
...some part of his anatomy that warded off a Harvard defeat. Some men were perhaps a little more spectacular than others; but it was really the work of the team as a whole, carefully trained in Coach Winsor's style of play, and full of that win-or-die spirit, that enabled Harvard to defeat what was generally considered to be one of the best hockey teams in the country, a collection of veterans and one composed of stars of the first magnitude...
...poorest on the continent." The material statement of these facts thrown in contrast with the University of 1913, which directly or indirectly was engaged in building operations to the extent of four and one-half millions of dollars, gives a starling conception of its growth; and in the spirit and atmosphere of the old letter can be felt something of the struggles which produced...
...exist a defect in this quality of fellowship, in a possible tendency towards a too great suppression of individual personality through conformity to common college standards, is a question a newcomer is hardly competent to answer. One thing he can unhesitatingly affirm is his keen appreciation of the spirit of fellowship as contrasted with the spirit of individualism...