Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...commenting on the cold shoulder that Harvard men ordinarily turn towards "student movements", a national youth leader recently pointed out that the traditional spirit of indifference in Cambridge is the direct result of academic freedom. In pinning on liberty of thought the failure of undergraduates to rise and riot for more serious subjects than Richard, the expert in youth movements has struck to the core of the matter. For although other factors contribute to the Harvard man's seeming lack of interest in the world about him, the priceless heritage of freedom, for which the college for generations has carried...
Nevertheless, the outwards shown of indifference for which the college is notorious betrays an in ward lack of interest in the pulse of contemporary affairs. The even tenor of Harvard ways has lulled the undergraduate to a sense of false security quite out of keeping with the spirit abroad in the world today. For it takes a tremendous force to rouse Harvard men to the core, and thrills such as the trumpet call of the Further War Veterans and the more serious mood which drew men to the Teacher's Oath hearing only show that Harvard's own toes must...
...Louis Philippe, who genially reminded him of former oaths of allegiance under other masters, it is reported that Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, on swearing loyalty in 1830, replied, "Sire, you are the thirteenth!" This little folk-tale, though exaggerated in fact, is quite accurate in spirit, and its spirit has given rise to the fitting title of Crane Brinton's highly readable biography, "The Lives of Talleyrand...
...best that have worn the Crimson jerseys. Others have been more glamorous, and more famous for rolling up imposing scores, and there have been individual figures that have made gridiron history; but there have not been many teams that have showed more consistent improvement, or more unfailing courage and spirit in their major games...
...announced that certain key players would not be eligible this fall; the constant work on the fundamentals of blocking and tackling; and speed and timing, which resulted in long touchdown marches in the Princeton, Navy, and Yale games; and especially the development of team morale and fighting spirit--these are the factors which do not appeal in the record, but which made the season of Captain Gaffney and Coach Harlow and their men unquestionably a success...