Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...urged to make application for Yard rooms at the regular assignment. By so doing it will be possible for at least one-half of the class to room in the Yard next year, which will be one of the most effective things that can be done for the spirit of unity and good fellowship...
...first a special word as one Harvard man to his follow Harvard men. I feel that we can none of us ever be sufficiently grateful to Major Higginson for having founded this Harvard Union, because each loyal Harvard man should do all he can to foster in Harvard that spirit of real democracy which will make Harvard men feel the vital sense of solidarity so that they can all join to work together in the things that are of most concern to the College. It is idle to expect, nor indeed would it be desirable, that there should...
...reason why I so thoroughly believe in the athletic spirit at Harvard is because the athletic spirit is essentially democratic. Our chief interest should not lie in the great champions in sport. On the contrary, our concern should be most of all to widen the base, the foundation in athletic sports; to encourage in every way a healthy rivalry which shall give to the largest possible number of students the chance to take part in vigorous outdoor games. It is of far more importance that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that...
...forces of baseness and evil. From the political standpoint, education is a harm and not a benefit to the men whom it serves as an excuse for refusing to mingle with their fellows and for standing aloof from the broad sweep of our national life in a curiously impotent spirit of fancied superiority. The political wrong-headedness of such men is quite as great as that of wholly uneducated men, and no people could be less trust-worthy as critics and advisers. The educated man who seeks to console himself for his own lack of the robust qualities to bring...
...proficiency in intelligent baseball. He admitted that the shortness of the season and the necessity of reducing the squad to a working size made it difficult to give every man a fair trial, and asked that all complaints be made directly to the authorities. He further urged that individual spirit should be sacrificed to obtain harmony--the essential of a winning team--and that every one should go into the work with the best interest of the team in view...