Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...HARVARD SPIRIT...
...team had done to give the undergraduate body confidence in it. He said that any team which could come back as the University team did at Princeton, with the line-up practically all substitutes, and score a touchdown against the strongest defensive team in the country, had the fighting spirit in it which wins games...
Five new songs were tried, three of which, "Harvard Spirit," "For Harvard," and "Onward to Victory" were provisionally selected. It was announced that at the Yale game an "H" will be formed in singing the "Marseillaise" as was done last year. Also that small individual megaphones would be used in the cheering section to increase the volume of the cheers...
...Gaddis '12 presided and introduced C. E. Brickley '15, captain of the Freshman team, who pointed out the good record made so far but emphasized the fact that the men were not overconfident. Coach H. C. Dewey '12 then spoke on the need of class spirit and urged the class to support the team as a body and individually. Enough money was collected after the meeting to defray the expenses of a band, which has been engaged to parade with the class to the field today...
...defeat of the football team on Saturday calls for little comment. Our substitute team showed its fighting spirit, but could not prevail. We should all have liked to win, but if it was Coach Haughton's belief that a better eleven could be developed for the Yale game by using the men we did and losing, we bow to his judgment and are glad of the result...