Word: sprit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vanity of Human Wishes" is a substantial effort (nearly four hundred lines) and a novel one. The closing verses, which provided Johnson with material for a fine passage ("Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? ..."), seems in the Lowell version to be more faithful to the original sprit. Juvenal, in a rate constructive comment, here urges man to pray for mens sana in corpore sano. Johnson's soaring close inspires, but is un-Juvenlia on that account. Lowell's tone is simpler, lightly ironic, and a little irritated: just right...
...Baker doubled in the mile and two-mile for the first time this spring and won both events with ease. He trailed teammate Ran Langenbach through three laps in the mile, then watched Dick Howe, another sophomore, sprit into a five-yard lead down the backstretch of the last lap. But when Baker sprinted the last 100 yards, he caught Howe easily and won by 5 yards in 4:13.4, the last quarter in 60 seconds...
Sources close to the committee said that they believe the Faculty votes do not outline a consistent program. They said the proposals which will be mailed Monday are "in the sprit of the Faculty's vote" although some of the specific votes may appear to be contradicted...
...varsity win was not much of a surprise. Minutes earlier, Cabot's JV's had crushed Columbia by seven lengths--the biggest margin of the afternoon and a remarkable one for such a short distance. Stroke Galen Brewater's galiant sprit effort--with Columbia lengths behind and nearly out of sight--brought a roar of approval from the crowd lining the shore...
...addition, a rigorous program of weight lifting, running, and other training devices over the winter months and the concentrated practice session over spring vacation have put the heavyweights "in very good condition." Sprit, too, is high, as the squad's depth has resulted in the keenest competition for seats in years...