Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lampoon discontinue, and therefore we present this plea in behalf of our sister paper. And at the same time we wish to speak a word for ourselves. The CRIMSON is still in need of a great many more subscriptions. There seems to be a falling off in our college spirit, and especially so as regards the support of our college papers. Every man should feel it his duty to take both the CRIMSON and the Lampoon...
Freshmen are apt to be young and foolish, but they should remember that these qualities are exhibited best when they are not exhibited at all, and therefore the early morning hours are not the most fitting times for the exhibitions of spirit. The communication today complains of a nuisance which is quite common. It results form carelessness, we suppose, but it is none the less an evil. There are surely certain rules of self-restraint which the in mates of the dormitories should observe in order that they may protect themselves from lawlessness...
...second number of the Advocate appeared yesterday, and is fully equal to the first issue. The editorials are written in a manly, determined spirit, and treat the subjects of which they speak in a manner that evinces careful thought and deliberation. The merits of "Retrospect" are confined to the orthography of the dialect, and the poem can lay little claim to literary beauty. Quite different from this is "Acheron," a pretty simile in graceful, poetic language. The writer of "Ce Qu 'On Dit Et La Verite" shows considerable imagination and writes in a lively, entertaining style, which would be none...
...expense of training; 2d, by increasing the time devoted to practice; 3rd, by reducing the number of active competitors; 4th, by relying upon the natural resources rather than upon cultivated material; 5th, by depriving the non-athletic class of every incentive to physical exertion; 6th, by arousing the spirit of antagonism and fostering viciousness and brutality; 7th, by depriving them of their efficacy as a means to health...
...widespread is it? We must not lose sight of that important question. How largely does it infest the college? Are many students large spenders? Must a man of moderate means on coming here be put to shame? Will be find himself a disparaged person, out of accord with the spirit of the place, and unable to attain its characteristic advantages? No systematic evidence on the subject has existed. It is time it did exist, and I have made an attempt to obtain it. To each member of the graduating class I sent a circular asking if he would be willing...