Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...victory of Saturday has awakened the spirit of Harvard which has lain in a lethargic state so long. Instead of periodical grunts and growling about the eleven, words of hope and encouragement are now heard. Men no longer say that Yale will win simply because she is Yale, but declare that she must show superior strength and science to do so. This, as a sign of the times, is most encouraging. Disgruntled criticism has done much evil here in the past. It has been caused by defeats to a great extent, but it has reacted upon the players...
...corollary to Saturday's success will follow if the spirit which effected that continues to be in the ascendant...
...Violation of the spirit of the Constitution in other respects...
Last week the freshmen and sophomores had their first "rush" of the year, and rather to the surprise of the college, '90 was completely done up. It was quite a mild affair, and for the first time in years there was no fight around the cannon. The spirit of hazing has died out here to a very great extent, apparently, and whether due to the gentleness of '90 or the severity of the proctors there has been less this year than ever before. The good effects are plainly visible in the increased number of freshmen seen on the track...
Some one yelled "Rats!" at the game with Wesleyan, Saturday. We have advocated a change to a rational spirit of earnestness in college matters, but we never intended to encourage any one to commit such a breach of etiquette, as that outburst unmistakably...