Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...natural hesitancy in taking such a step, for fear of putting Yale in a false light with other institutions. But there is possible a point of view even higher than that, which would consider the case in the light of pure justice, justice not of the letter but of spirit. The University does not presume to offer advice to Yale; but, since the matter is not yet settled, it may be worth while to set forth the attitude of Harvard...
...Harvard create more opportunities for self-help and, like Princeton, attract the country's attention to her democratic and progressive spirit--Emerson had the job of "President's Freshman." The problem of nation-wide representation will then be on the way to a solution, and Western and Southern states will be as well represented at Harvard as is the State of New York. FREDERICK BUTLER...
...January number of the Monthly is, despite some falterings, pagan in spirit as well as form. Not only do the faun and Bacchus sport upon the cover, but also there is keen sincerity in the written work. If the contributors are almost always conscious in their pose and if sometimes the strain is over-obvious, this is no fault of theirs: in our world sanity cannot be unconscious...
...greatest advantage of the system," President Lowell said, "is that you meet men whom you are glad to know in after life, and with whom you would not have been thrown in contact but for the Senior Dormitory system. The system has brought about a greater spirit of democracy among Harvard men than existed before it was established, and a valuable chance to form friendships. This is one of the things that makes college worth having; and if it is worth having, fill it to the brim and quaff...
...remain, and the influence of high prices for the future further accentuates this caution because dealers feel that high prices will curtail buying by the consumer. There are other sections where the apprehension caused by the war still hangs on. Broadly speaking, it may be said that the spirit of optimism and hopefulness prevails to a degree that has not been apparent for nearly a decade and the general expectation is for such prosperity during 1916 as will recompense the people of this country for all their past misfortunes...