Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have been rash and impetuous in opposing our feelings to the well-considered opinions of President Lowell, President Wilson, General Wood, other prominent men. We may have been foolish to try to set the eager spirit of youth against the mature judgment of those who are in a position to know what is right. But with this same enthusiasm we do feel that after three years of college, during which time he will surely obtain the very best it can offer him, the average undergraduate should answer the call. It is the greatest call the world has ever known...
...respect and admire the spirit that makes the student who is under age desire to render immediate service in the war, especially where there is personal danger; and yet to do so may not be the greatest service he can render to the country. Men who are responsible for the conduct of the war, who see the question in the large, who are thinking of the human resources of the nation as a whole, seem to be generally of opinion that college students will be in the end more profitable if they continue their education until they...
...very young who are as yet unaffected by college training remain behind that they may prepare. But, let every man who has feil college influence over a period, of several years, no matter what his age may now be, answer the call. Those who are animated by the spirit and enthusiasm of youth and yet who have come to a mature decision, believe that the exceptional cases to those who must remain are becoming more and more numerous. The man who has passed his Junior year and still finds himself under age may well consider his obligation...
...basis in this year of war. Athletic policy has been guided by a consideration of the greatest good for a maximum number of men. Last fall the informal system was introduced, but has since been discarded as a failure, as the teams seemed to lack the spirit of co-ordination so essential to victory. The Princeton games placed the system of combined military training and sport on trial, and the result has so far been highly satisfactory. The quality of the teams may be lower than the general average of those in the past, but the same Harvard spirit...
...Lauzanne will speak on "France Under Arms." He will tell of the spirit of his country during the past four years. As editor of the Paris Matin, one of the best-known European newspapers, M. Lauzanne has become one of the leading figures of French politics. He is in this country on a mission to show the people of the United States the view that her ally has taken in this war. In addition to being a prominent editor, the speaker is an officer of the Legion of Honor. Tonight's lecture will be open to the public...