Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...would be a distinct handicap to a Harvard team to abandon cheering, unless the opposing team could also be convinced to give it up. Moreover, it does not seem to me to matter much, if there is some artificiality in the present method of cheering. After all, the spirit is there and the manner of expression is of slight importance. The meetings in the Union may seem to be a studied effort to awaken enthusiasm, but if they serve the purpose only of bringing the students together they are accomplishing something. I certainly hope to see them continued...
...business of those who have these matters in charge,--the cheerers as well as the cheered,--to see that intercollegiate contests shall not become detrimental to both participants and spectators? Without abating one jot of spirited emulation in testing one another's mettle, may we not pursue these contests in a spirit of fair dealing and mutual concession, without the loss of chivalrous temper, and with the cultivation of cordial relations and of a common esprit de corps...
...place, any player knows that he never hears any cheering except when it interferes with his hearing something else that he wants to hear. Whether or not it has a subconscious inspiring effect is perhaps difficult to say, but I do not think that any team with the proper spirit and properly trained would ever care as to how the spectators were treating them while they were on the field. Before the contest begins and during the time of preparation it is perhaps another question. Then any manifestation of enthusiasm can be appreciated and will help to inspire...
...have yet to hear a college cheer more impressive or more inspiring than a well organized Harvard cheer, and it merely requires co-operation among the undergraduates and the spirit that you can cheer louder than the man next to you, to make...
...fact that the cheering is organized, has a most salutary effect upon the team about to take part in a great contest. The fact that classmates and collegemates are willing to spend time and energy in rehearsing cheers and songs, fills each member of the team with an indomitable spirit, inspired by the feeling that the University is backing him with its interest, its confidence, and its enthusiasm. When the game begins, the player, if he is playing as he should, is entirely unconscious of even the loudest cheers, except at intervals, perhaps, as between the halves or between...