Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There are five prerequisities for good rowing," he said; "some water to row on, naturally, then some shells, material or man power, somebody to teach the fundamentals and to--get the crew swinging together, and lastly, spirit or morale." He expressed satisfaction with the Charles as a place to row on, and was especially pleased with the material, saying he had never seen so many shells together in one place before...
...Morale is a hard thing to define," he said. "You have all probably had the experience of being on some crew or team which beat a superior opponent simply by virtue of better spirit. We can only light the spark and hope to see it burst into flame...
...spiritual ideals and setting of Harvard University were aptly set-off during the Tercentenary Celebration according to comments received by Mr. Greene; graduates and others felt that the Tercentenary Theatre in the Yard was well designd, expertly placed, and that the speeches given showed the true spirit of Harvard...
...altar, Sister Mary Kimmer. beauteous, blonde 19-year-old evangelist, exhorted the sanctified to come up "receive the Baptism of the Holy Ghost," give up all worldly things, become sanctified. A man who felt the spirit move toward a closer personal touch with Jesus went to the "sinners' bench.'' Behind him the congregation's feet stomped, hands clapped, voices cried, ''Glory, glory, glory, glory." Praying as he became the focus of mass hysteria, the man began to quiver, shake, jerk in a St. Vitus' dance. "Let him get through, oh Lord! More power...
...Still. Old Ironpants is a public man, and a figure of our time in the U. S. A., and I imagine that years from now, when the historians are writing about the fury of this campaign, they will poke around in Hugh Johnson's stuff to recall the spirit of the fight...