Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...used up. Those who watched the game here closely will appreciate the extent of this loss, especially as there was no fit substitute to take Thompson's important position. The team had also lost two entire night's sleep, coming and returning from Cambridge, through their foolish buoyancy of spirit, a fact that of itself would account for the loss of considerable of that snap and vim, so valuable on a foot ball field. You may accordingly see that Pennsylvania had the same excuse for their poor showing on Saturday as Princeton put forth on the occasion of their...
...most stupendous rebellion of history, which freed 4,000,000 slaves, which put the country on the most glorious financial basis of modern times, which inaugurated an era of unparalleled prosperity, and which for twenty-five years has not only kept pace with, but has led the progressive spirit of the times. Let us show what we think of James G. Blaine who is today "the foremost man of all the world." Let us prove that we reason and reason correctly. Let us show that we weigh truth against slander. Let us declare that the verdict of his state...
...years ago, when the Hemenway Gymnasium was built, it was thought that the accommodations thus afforded would be sufficient to meet the wants of the students for many years to come. At that time the supposition was certainly warranted, for the athletic spirit among the students was a matter of much less concern than at present. Since that day the attention paid to general athletics has grown to proportions which would astonish a student of that time. The provisions made for furnishing lockers to the students were found to be inadequate to the demand as early as last year...
...attended while History XXV is crowded to the doors. This tendency of the student towards one course, coupled with the shunning of another would come under "outside individual efforts" and would not at all weaken the necessity of a thorough study of the less popular course. This is the spirit of President Porter's reply, and it is an effort well calculated to provoke serious reflection and, perhaps, conviction. English is declared unequal "academically" with Latin and Greek. A thorough knowledge of the classics is declared necessary, while History and Political Economy and subjects akin to them are reserved...
...recent decision of the acting attorney general enables athletes who win cups in foreign countries to bring them in free of duty in the future. The Spirit of the Times says: "The Ascot Cup, won by J. K. Keene's Foxhall in England, and detained in the New York Custom House for non-payment of duties, has been released, the Acting Attorney-General giving an opinion that "the article in question having a similitude in material and quality and texture, and the use to which it may be applied, to a medal made of the same material-namely, gold...