Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more than the desire to serve the University that prompted "Eddie" Farrell to battle with death while crossing the Atlantic with the stricken trainer, who had for forty years served the cause of sport and sportsmanship so well. There was in that unselfish action of his the spirit that inspires men to things of which they knew not they were capable. And in the recognition of that spirit there is recognition also of that harmony of body, athletics, and the men who teach its laws...
...report shows, Harvard has been in general, very successful in eliminating the evils usually attendant upon college sport. Certainly the H. A. A. has made a continuous and sincere effort to keep Harvard athletics in line with the written and unwritten principles of the amateur spirit. The fact that it was the officials of the H. A. A. who were responsible for bringing to the attention of the investigators the one feature of their policy which failed to pass musier is ample proof of the eagerness of these men to put Harvard athletics in the cleanest possible condition...
REPRESENTING THE DONOR OF THE LARGER SHARE OF FUNDS EMPLOYED IN BUILDING THE LIBRARY I SUGGEST YOU OBTAIN IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF PRESENT CONTROVERSY ON LINES WHICH WILL ELIMINATE WAR BITTERNESS AND WILL REFLECT THE TRUE SPIRIT OF A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND BE IN ACCORD WITH MATURE PUBLIC OPINION...
...Editor & Publisher: Many thanks for your frequent editorial comments on the course on The Organization of Public Opinion at Columbia. Of course they misrepresent entirely the purpose, content, and spirit of the course, but your fulminations against it have attracted students both this year and last. 'We are advertised by our loving friends...
...service of any one year. During recent months Secretary of War James William Good has been scanning the 1928 records of Army men. Last week he decided to award the trophy to Lieut. Harry A. Sutton of the Army Air Corps Reserve, who with "quiet bravery, intelligence, skill and spirit" tested out the spinning characteristics of several dangerous types of planes...