Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these distinguished representatives of the Dominion. . . . Many of us imagine that the long peace that has existed between us is due to a treaty now nearly 110 years old for disarmament upon the Great Lakes. That peace is due not to the treaty but to the spirit that led to the treaty; it is due not to a formal bond of agreement but to the closer bonds of friendship...
...Michel, Yale '26: "I notice especially the lack of a unified spirit at Harvard, perhaps because Yale is predominantly a college, with comparatively few graduate students...
...most important phases of football life, gives sounder advice to coaches of football teams, and intermingles his advice and diagnosis with many anecdotes which are bound to attract the average reader. The book is evidently written to justify "non-scouting" agreements and to show how real "football spirit" can be instilled into eleven men who would "die for dear old Princeton...
Captain Noel has given us the whole story as he saw it, and then shows why and how Everest may be conquered in the near future. This book is not technical; rather it is meant for public interest, and above all it justifies the spirit of men who accept the challenge which to others may seem foolish...
Stalwart Eddy Decker, Yale's defensive fullback, will bear watching. An ever-present bulwark to be met by Harvard ball-carriers, a veritable basket to throw forward passes into, and a powerful place of interfering material on the offense. Decker has an indomitable grit and spirit that keeps his teammates plugging. Garvey and Hammersley, both skillful runners, fair punters, and game youngsters will ably fill the missing Caldwell's place...