Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...three centuries ago, side by side with the growth of a great nation and as an integral part of its faith and striving. They make their way from the West, where vigorous American manhood, with its face to the setting sun, hewed out an empire and established the fighting spirit of truth throughout a great land. They come to me from the South and the North, from every farm and village and city, where clean hearted, clear eyed boys have turned toward me as the mother of colleges, the great teacher of opportunities grasped and dreams come true...
...offer two suggestions for Harvard's Hyde Park? The first, that its location be just beside Phillips Brooks House, where the spirit of the noble man may exercise its influence. The second, that receptacles be provided to catch the "hot air," which might then be used to heat the Germanic Museum. ALLEN H. GLEASON...
...conclusively shown that the University is solidly behind the eleven. Two thousand men fought to squeeze their way into the Living Room of the Union. Not once this year has such enthusiasm been exhibited at a mass meeting. Even Coach R. T. Fisher '12, who witnessed the spirit of the days before the war, exclaimed that he had never seen the Union so jammed...
...meeting opened with a cheer; then songs, more cheering and speeches, followed in quick succession. Coach "Wally" Trumbull '15 started things by denouncing the "split in the Harvard team" story of yesterday's newspapers as a lie. "The spirit of the men and the coaches is the same as ever and the harmony between them as good as any I ever saw," he continued...
...held in France, Belgium and Italy the extremists were generally defeated shows that on the whole the world is getting tired of destructive criticism. Under the press of abnormal war conditions hysteria was almost university prevalent; and the belligerents on either side did their best to foster tills mad spirit in the ranks of their enemies with the hope of breaking down their morale and making victory nearer and easier for themselves. But now that the war is over, and people generally are slowly coming to their senses the revolutionary element is finding that its room is desired far more...