Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clothing, as well as the books and magazines, which will be collected, is to go to those who are poor and needful. In this Easter season the spirit of generosity is in the minds of all. No student hesitates to subscribe as much as possible to the Liberty Loan, nor does he wilfully wish to stop his generosity there. The opportunity for doing a useful service will be presented when the collector calls. Do not turn him away empty handed...
...year, as at Princeton, will be established by Colonel Goetz. The Harvard Aeronautical Society is circulating a petition to the Faculty, asking for the installation of an aviation course at Harvard. Other agencies are at work among us at the University, asking of us a return to the spirit in which we helped win the war, but as yet they have received scant attention from the undergraduate body...
...Anglo-Saxon countries. In France, also soldier-students of the American Army are in attendance at the time-honored institutions of learning. The effect of academic association with European culture on the part of these men should be exceedingly broadening. It is to be hoped that a spirit of fellowship with the French and English student can be brought overseas by the home-coming soldier, thus strengthening the ties which already bind the three nations so strongly...
...drama brought cheer and esprit to men in the camps and in the field. Public speech was largely the means by which patriotism was aroused, and Liberty Loans were effected. In legislatures, in general assembly places, in the theatres, on the streets, and in the camps, the country over, spirit was aroused and business was done through the medium of public speech. Speech served largely toward the making, the training and the material support of our armies. It would not seem unfitting therefore that this powerful agency in this world work should be promoted in the future by an adequate...
...winning team would be possible, he stated, if the men would show a spirit of fight and determination, head-work, co-operation with the captain and coach, and most of all hard and faithful self-denial...