Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman eleven began work a little after three o'clock. The number of freshmen trying for their class eleven is unusually large, and the material seems to be rather better than it has been in recent years. The men are heavier than usual, and display an energetic spirit and willingness to work which promises well. About three-quarters of an hour was spent in passing the ball, kicking, and drilling in rush line work. There are a few men among the candidates who are of unusual ability, but the greater part display about the knowledge that freshman candidates usually possess...
...training which it gives in taking this wider point of view. Political economy will not help its students to prosper; but it will give them a better understanding of the forces which affect the prosperity of the community;" and will help instill into them "an impartial public spirit...
...spirit among so many Harvard graduates in regard to our athletics has been very encouraging. The undergraduates could well learn a lesson from the enthusiasm and interest which is shown by graduates and especially by the old athletic...
...fewer objectionable features than rowing. It calls forth at once the manliness and the physical endurance of each contestant and offers little or no incentive to sharp dealing. In this, then, the crowning event of our college athletic year, nothing that will further good feeling and loyal college spirit should be omitted; and surely a glee club concert on the coming occasion would at once bind Yale and Harvard men together, and fill the air with genuine loyal enthusiasm for old Harvard...
...graduates, insisting on the same idea that lack of enthusiasm and support on the part of thecollege is the cause of our ill-success in athletics. We concur most heartily with the sentiment of this letter. There is a lack of whole-souled enthusiasm, a want of a determined spirit of winning on the part of the whole college that must well make the graduates of '83 and '84 feel ashamed for us. Discouragement is in the very air. Not among the teams, but on the part of the students, yet their apathy affects the athletic...