Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House spirit may be said to be still in its infancy. As far as anyone can see there has been no one as yet who has volunteered to "rally round and die for dear old Adams," as may perhaps be the case at some future time, but there is a growing feeling of genuine pride and interest in the House, not a feeling that will break down the social barriers that are bound to exist in any cross-section of a social institution, but one which is gradually creating a common bond of working fellowship. From the first the House...
...House lore, there is somewhat more than spirit. The present President of the United States is said to have lived in Westmorly during part of his undergraduate stay. Ann Pennington is reputed to have been entertained in the swimming pool with many of her beautifully-limbed compatriots, and the various versions of this rumor are both exciting and legion. Then too there is the good-will bestowed upon the House by the no longer existing Adams House of Boston, a hostel long famous for its good cheer, the deed for which is in the House archives. Besides these more...
...congenial good fellowship which flows forth from Apthorp House, the Master's lodgings, and he will forget architectural differences, social differences of physical differences, and remember only that he is a resident of the House, and as such on a par with all the other residents; for the spirit of Adams House is in its Master, Professor James Phinney Baxter...
...during the almost two years of its existence John Winthrop House has tended to develop a definite personality of its own, is a matter of personal opinion. Most significantly it has retrained from any supremacist attempts at atmosphere an influence of its popular Master. Because of the spirit it of democracy in the House and its balance of academic work, social life and athletics, it may be fairly said that John Winthrop House has made definite progress in fulfillment of the aims of the founders of the House Plan at Harvard.GORE AND STANDISH HALLS OF WINTHROP HOUSE SEEN FROM...
...saddling her with fascinating but utterly fantastic reparations, sinking her fleet and permanently crippling her army, and stripping her of her colonies. Not content with that, an army of occupation was placed in the Ruhr to force the payment of the national debt. As late as 1931 the old spirit flared up again with the smashing of the tentative German-Austrian trade and customs-union. All during these years the screws have been put on German industry and finance, and pressure enthusiastically applied, attempting to gouge out every possible penning due France, while she herself has coolly repudiated...