Word: spiritless
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much to earn the gratitude of all Americans. Not the least of his services was his positive refusal to side with the majority of the cultivated people of New England and the Northeast in the period just before the war of 1812, when these cultivated people advised the same spiritless submission to improper English demands that some of their intellectual descendants are now advising...
...does very well in a game with weak opponents, but when the contest is a close one and it is all important that the team should not lose courage for a moment, it makes a great deal of difference, whether the cheering is strong and hearty or weak and spiritless...
...seven has made the feeblest initial effort to produce a nine. Of course the matter rests entirely with the class. There is no compulsion in the matter. If they are willing to have their record the poorest in many years, if they wish to incur the reputation of being spiritless, they have full power. And yet the rest of the University cannot look on with indifference while they take such a course. Harvard's prospects in baseball have not been so gloomy for years as they are at present. Part of the responsibility for the reputation which Harvard shall gain...
...realize and appreciate the need of constant and careful practice for the Yale game. Their slow development during the early part of the season was due principally to the fact that the majority of the candidates had nothing especial for which to work and their playing was of course spiritless. Now that a more definite system of work has been decided upon the results are, in the main, decidedly more satisfactory...
...considering that the latter presented practically the team which held the 'varsity down to ten points. That the score was not as large as the apparent advantages of the B. A. A. seemed to warrant, was due to the fact that their general team play was slow and spiritless, and in marked contrast with their work on Tuesday. Their strength and experience were, most noticeable in their interference which the freshmen were unable to break. All the halfbacks played well, but Peter and McNear especially distinguished themselves. The general work of the freshmen showed an improvement over previous games...