Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...book-sellers advertised the works required by students at a drop of nearly 30 per cent. from the prices demanded the year previous to the formation of the society. Such a result as this naturally was properly appreciated by the students, and they have entered so thoroughly into the spirit of the reform that its success is now assured. After seeing what has been accomplished by a society founded in imitation to that at Cambridge, it cannot be other than a disgrace to the students of Harvard if they allow a spirit of easy negligence to cause the downfall...
There is a spirit of childishness lurking somewhere in Harvard, that is doing its best to bring discredit upon her. Its presence was first indicated this year, by the defacing of the Harvard statue and the chapel; its last exhibition has been even more foolish and dangerous. While England is being terrified by dynamite explosions, some men seized upon the idea that a little sensation of the kind would be interesting here. Accordingly, last week, a large cannon cracker was fired off at midnight in front of Matthews. As this did not produce the desired effect, another one was tied...
...else has stress been laid upon the philological study of these idioms, and the natural consequence has followed that faulty methods have been rooted out, the standard of their appreciation everywhere raised, and rich fruits garnered in their advance in academic discipline. It was this religious regard for the spirit, rather than the letter of language that lifted Germany out of the slough of despond in which all linguistic study was sunk three-quarters of a century ago, and gave her such vantage ground over all other nations that they will probably never be able to overtake her in this...
Every one knows what an impetus table championship gives to the formation of friendships, carrying with its a spirit of cheerfulness and joviality. Many men, who are at times a little scrupulous about partaking of spermaceti soup, baked Indian, and corn starch, do away with these scruples for the sake of the companionship, recognizing, perhaps the importance of having good, cheerful company at table in order to get the most good from what he is eating there. Students, especially those who eat at club tables will enjoy looking back to their days of boarding at Memorial, and in days...
...observation of the students leads me to believe that there is among them a devout, earnest, Christian spirit and a good degree of profound religious conviction. They are earnest investigators, and the fraternal feeling is admirable. I believe the school, as a whole, I has never been so ably manned as it is to-day, and that it is doing a good work...