Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good condition at the Hotel Aldine in Philadelphia yesterday noon and held an hour's practice on Franklin Field before being stopped by rain. Snyder and Slater pitched in the 40-minute batting practice. The men hit the ball hard and placed bunts neatly, and the fielders played with spirit. Fielding on the diamond followed for 20 minutes, during which the work was lively and accurate. Stephenson threw to bases, in clean form and Burr at first base covered his position well. The out-fielding was fast and sure...
...direct result of a spirit like this, that after thirty odd years of football, the wall of the Trophy Room is plastered with only four footballs, and that the Harvard crew has trailed persistently behind the Yale eight at New London...
...genuine manifestation of Harvard spirit, that its teams should leave uncheered and unencouraged, then the large measure of defeat which has been Harvard's portion is rightly deserved...
...called "John Anderson, Deputy." It is vivid and real from beginning to end, vigorous, and thoroughly worth reading. "June", a poem by John Corbin '92, is perhaps a little uneven in quality, but it is high praise to say that in many lines it comes very close to the spirit of its title. "The Salvation Army", by Witter Bynner '02, is a half quizzical bit of verse, which very aptly phrases the attitude of those "who stand aside and say, 'O, they accomplish good.'" The number as a whole represents well, if not so completely as one might wish...
...teacher and educator Dean Shaler combined the exacting standards of the old-fashioned school-master with a breadth of view and a progressive spirit which lead him to welcome and vigorously promote all improvements in educational methods. He was one of President Eliot's most active and useful so-workers in the many educational reforms accomplished in the University during the last 35 years...