Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last week. The great courage shown by Harvard volunteer policemen in facing the mob of hoodlums has given the University and college men in general a position of trust in the minds of law-abiding citizens. The latter will realize more and more that in education and in the spirit of the atmosphere created at Harvard and other colleges lies the hope of a safe passage at this stormy period for the ship of state...
...strikes of the last few months have been in the form of a reaction against the spirit of patriotism and selfsacrifice prevalent during the war. Organized groups of employers and employees have been trying to get as much as possible while the "grabbing is good." As a result, the production of manufactured articles has been lessened at the time when practically no imports are being received from Europe. Consequently the cost of living has soared...
...first number of the Advocate is, on the whole, of real interest. The editorials are clear and sensible; and the remarks on the comparative failure of Harvard to develop an internal democratic spirit are worth the attention of the whole College. The two outstanding contributions are those of Professor Hack and Mr. R. C. Rand. In reality, they are complementary; for they both constitute a needed protest against that evasion of initiative which is regretably characteristic of the present era in the American college. On most of Mr. Lamont's effective plea for the Endowment Fund I am estopped from...
...time when so much discredit has fallen upon our city--when the trusted guardians of law and order have turned deserters, and their act had abandoned for a moment our streets to the mercies of a mob of thieves--it is cheering to note that the spirit of American citizenship is by no means dead, and that the saving grace of loyalty is found in many quarters. We have had in the last twenty-four hours a demonstration of notable public spirit, for example, in the action of the President, the Faculty and the students of Harvard University, who have...
...that celebration is at the same high pitch as one any pre-war Class Day, and that both will reign triumphant until the last observation-train pulls out of New London Friday night, to the tune of "This is Harvard's Day." Fully conscious of the spirit of the occasion, we rise to drink a toast to the graduates, and to wish them all the happiest of possible reunions...