Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...number of men who have like home interests. In so far as they give pleasure to their members, the clubs justify their existence; but they might, through establishing closer relations with their home Harvard clubs, be of much greater influence in helping to make a more unified Harvard spirit throughout the country...
Dean Fenn spoke of the necessity on the part of the clergy of cultivating the professional spirit in the best sense of the term. This professional spirit has not to do with mere externals but with the habitual temper and attitude of men. It should contain two elements, loyalty to one's colleagues, and loyalty to the standards of the profession. Loyalty on the part of a minister to his colleagues in the ministry is absolutely essential, and respect should be paid especially to the older men of the profession. The true professional spirit includes a determination to maintain both...
...past, but this situation has not been brought about to any great degree by the growth of scientific skepticism. In the very attempt to remove the causes of its own existence the Christian clergy has suffered in loss of prestige and power. The diffusion of the Christian spirit exists today to an extent which has never been known in the history of the world before, and if the clergy does not hold the same position of power and influence that it has in times past in the world's history, it is due to the result of the very success...
...gatherings of 1912 next year, and at all reunions in years to come. In the opinion of the committee appointed to run the competition, such a song will be of no small importance toward unifying class interest. In writing either words or music men should strive for simplicity and spirit, remembering that these traits more than any others will prove enduring...
...Yonder on the Delta stands a hall built in memory of Harvard men, who gave all they had or hoped for in this life that their country should be one, and should be ruled in the spirit of a broad and generous democracy. So high were the hopes of these men, so firm their resolve that our land should be the home of a free united people, a field for the full development of the human race, that they thought no price too great to pay for that...