Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...maintainence of the system of professional coaches--that is, to be on a par with our competitors--is of great importance from the standpoint of the undergraduate, and for that very reason should be given weight. One of the few opportunities an undergraduates has of witnessing the united spirit of the University is in athletic contests; and intercollegiate games, especially those with Yale, awake in him a sense of devotion to his Alma Mater which nothing else furnishes. There are few men whose spirit has not been stirred by witnessing the tremendous enthusiasm at a Yale game, and such...
...order to perpetuate this spirit it is necessary that Harvard shall compete on an equal footing with her opponents. It may well be that the winning of a game is not the essential thing in athletic contests, but it is surely essential that there shall not be certainty of defeat, for that kills enthusiasm...
...though Cambridge was made the better by his actual presence and is the more famed by his memory, the diocese of Longfellow is bounded only by the limits of the language in which he wrote. For the spirit which inspired his poetry was that of the sweetness and peace and good will for which the whole world longs. Walt Whitman, with a genius of a different order from that of our poet, said well concerning him: 'I should have to think if I were asked to name a man who has done more and in more valuable directions for America...
...editorials discuss the burning question of class buttons and the usurpation of the inflammatory "leader" by the CRIMSON. The suggestion that Freshmen rather than Seniors, should wear class buttons, seems worthy of serious consideration by those who lament the lack of class spirit at Harvard...
...each. The class of 1907 is fully capable of doing more than that, though up to the present date, there have not been one quarter as many subscriptions of that size. It is earnestly hoped that a large number of men will subscribe generously, as the future life and spirit of the class will greatly depend on the facilities which the fund affords for keeping the class together...