Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Advisory committee is regarded by the older graduates as a most unfortunate settlement of a disagreement said to have arisen between the students and the committee, a disagreement which they attribute in great part to articles that have appeared in the Herald, and that have created a most unjust spirit of dislike and opposition to Mr. Watson...
...willingness to help on the interests of our old club We have always been ready to give you our advice, whenever asked, and to assist you in every way within our power. We regret that our efforts have not been better appreciated, or received more in the spirit in which as we consider, they should have been We now retire because we do not wish to be any obstacle to your conducting your affairs in whatever manner you may think best, and also because we believe that our future continuance in office would be distasteful to a large majority...
...time in coaching their respective teams, and are unable to give proper attention to the whole game, consequently as the judges always disagree, everything of necessity falls to the referee. With three impartial judges these difficulties would be obviated, and a degree of fairness would at once become the spirit of the game...
...greater renown for "Fair Harvard" by having enrolled themselves among the heroes of the nation. This interest, taken by men of our college, in the events of '69 and '64, shows that under this seeming apathy, so prevalent to-day among our students, there is an enthusiastic spirit, which needs only to be thoroughly aroused to make itself felt in a decided degree. As the fury of a patient man is something to be dreaded, so the enthusiasm bom from Harvard indifference generally accomplishes something worthy of our college...
...Junior year what is called the "Presentation of Junior Honors." The class of '86 held their exercises Oct. 28, 1884, enlivened with music by the Junior Glee Club. Although the exercise were rather rough on some of the recipients, it seems that all entered into the sport with much spirit. After music the first thing was the presentation of the Mirror, a suggestive present to the best looking fellow in the class, by the one upon whom nature has wreaked her vengeance to such an extent as to make him the homeliest. In the Presentation of Honors...