Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...abilities in the land. The tendency of democracy is to make little of such purposes, to hold in slight regard in comparison with other things the means by which such purposes are attained the colleges of the country and the great body of college graduated infused with the spirit of respect for the highest cultures a culture irrespective of utilitarian ends...
...Soldier Life" by a former soldier of the Confederate army. The author naturally speaks with some enthusiasm of his own side, and tends to exaggerate the undoubtedly great powers of the army of Northern Virginia. Some youth,-perhaps it would be better to say, small boy, of patriotic spirit has written in the margin of the volume, at various places, comments of which the following are specimens: "Good, very good!" "Oh, of course," "A good one," "Right you are," "A trifle exaggerated, friend," "How astonishing," etc., etc, Moreover, this patriotic person has taken pains to prevent his comments from being...
...distant clubs. Let those taking part avow themselves openly as members of the H. A. A. and the students in general will take a greater interest in their doings and they, themselves, will receive a much heartier support at any games where they wish to compete. Then the proper spirit of pride in the college will be shown...
There are few surer tests-for fineness of intellectual fibre, and for that clearness of thought and expression which is essential to success and influence as a leader of men, than the test which is found in love for Greek and in proficiency in this study where the spirit of Athenian culture rules the class-room in which Greek is taught. [President Gates, of Rutger's College
...Stoughton; and during his senior year 23 Holworthy. He was one of the youngest members of his class. With the advantage of the thorough fitting gained at the Boston Latin School, he took rank as one of its best classical scholars. He excelled in translations, and entered into the spirit of the authors so sympathetically that their best passages became fixed in his memory, and were ever after available for use. He stood among the best in forensics, history, and belles letters. But while successful in these branches he entirely failed in mathematics. He had no faculty for the science...