Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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J.D.Clark plays with plenty of snap and shows more spirit than any of the other candidates for the position. His enthusiasm seems to lead him into over-anxiousness at times. His weakness on low balls is counterbalanced by his ability in reaching out for wide throws. He is the best of all the candidates at coaching the infield...
...combined concert of the Harvard and Yale musical clubs last night proved a great success in every way. Symphony Hall was crowded with an audience that took advantage of every chance for applause. The men on the clubs gave their selections with fine spirit and the rule of "no encores" was broken early in the programme. After that every number was encored most enthusiastically. The Harvard clubs showed up very well in comparison with those of Yale. The Mandolin Club did especially well and it was their excellent rendering of Delibes's "Pas des Fleurs" which called forth the first...
...wish to protest against the recent destruction of the Yard pump. Such an act is directly against the spirit of manliness at Harvard. It lacks both ingenuity and daring and causes a feeling of disgust against the man and principle involved...
...members of the University baseball squad are working hard and showing excellent spirit in their daily practice, but are not paying enough attention to individual faults. The special aim of the practice at present is to develop speed and certainty in handling the ball. Sliding is practiced every other day, alternating with base-running. Hamilton is regularly coaching this work, Lewis coming out every day to coach the pitchers...
...Gaudeum certaminis"--the joy of the struggle--were the words with which one of the friends of Stevenson used to sum up the spirit of the author's career. Throughout his life, Stevenson had constantly to fight--against sickness and the very near approach of death, but he was always ardent, joyous and invincibly courageous. Stevenson's artistic and literary ideas may not have been original, and may even be, as Mr. Chapman believes, too fragile and ephemeral to endure; but Stevenson's character was unique, and the remembrance and the influence of it will be enduring. "Sick and well...