Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Moses, of the University of Wisconsin and previously of Harvard '15, has written an excellent essay on "Civic Spirit and the Harvard Forum." The main theme of his essay is the complaint that so little interest is taken by American students in public affairs. The writer deplores the fact that the class room is the only place where the student concerns himself with public conditions and urges in order to counterbalance this fact that the students at Harvard affiliate themselves with the Forum...
...spells a Crimson victory. But who ever heard of odds on Yale, reasonable or unreasonable? "Harvard has a better record," say others, forgetting that games are not won on records. Harvard tried the record policy in 1910 and Yale in 1911, and neither won. "Yale has the old Yale spirit," say still others, who do not know that there is a Harvard spirit of less fame but no less power. Spirit counts, but who can say, "Here, is a true fighting spirit; there, is none?" In the end it is a question of faith, and we place ours in Harvard...
...start, although strick training will not begin for a few weeks. H. B. Gardner '13 captain of last year's hockey team, brought out the fact that this is the first year of hockey as a major sport and the success of the team depends largely on the spirit and hearty co-operation shown...
...remainder of the time was taken up by a dummy scrimmage with the seconds, in which the regulars were given minute drill on both the defense and offense. As in the previous day's practice, unusually good spirit and life were displayed, and everything ran smoothly...
...Stadium is at last to be the scene of a Harvard football victory over Yale, the team must have undergraduate spirit and enthusiasm back of it. Every member of the cheering section, in recognition of the duty entailed by the fact that he has been allotted one of the best seats in the Stadium, and every man who has not applied for a seat in this section, in view of the fact that he has already partially failed in his support of the team, in expected to be present in the Union this evening at 7.15 o'clock...