Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interest and a common pride. In the quality and genuine wittiness of its text the Lampoon, in our opinion, does and has always surpassed all its rivals. That its cuts, in mechanical execution, have not equalled those of some other illustrated college papers must, we think, be admitted; in spirit, however, they have always hit the popular tone at Harvard. The Lampoon is representative. To insure its succest it must have the support of all Harvard men. This, we think, will be willingly accorded...
...spirit of having seems to have entirely died out at Yale. No cases have been reported as yet, and the sophomores have shown no disposition to molest the freshmen so long as they observe time-honored customs...
...their loving "mamas" that they may get an idea of what we do at Harvard. About one-fourth of the book is a sketch of life at Harvard, and as the work of a Harvard man the entire book may be taken to represent in a certain sense the spirit of Harvard. However it only represents a certain "set" at Harvard. This is a fault common to most college books. An outsider is led to believe that Harvard is merely a loafing place for a number of "fast" young men possessed of plenty of money and time and with nothing...
...experiment of holding a fall freshman athletic meeting which the executive committee propose to try this autumn, would seem to be an excellent one and worthy of success. Success it will certainly secure if the freshman class evince enough class spirit and enterprise to enter a number of contestants sufficient to make the games of interest and to accomplish their ultimate object - that of bringing out men for succeeding 'Varsity days. The freshmen should respond to this offer and prove the experiment worthy of continuance in future years...
...leaving New London was because the crew supposed in good faith that the race had been given up. To sum up, it is claimed that, technically, Harvard could have claimed the race on the day for which it was first appointed; that had Harvard acted in a professional spirit, it would have so claimed it; that upon hearing of Columbia's sad misfortune, Harvard voluntarily and as a matter of courtesy kept off the course on June 24, at the hour named for the race; that when, two days later, Harvard agreed to row Columbia after the race with Yale...