Word: sprit
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...Howe, who acted creditably throughout, attempted to get a statement from the headmaster of Cheshire that would clear the boys specifically on any violation of the sprit of the Presidents' Agreement, but he decided against giving the required statement to Howe on the grounds that what he did with his scholarship funds was strictly his own business. . . At this point Terry was accepted by Yale. . . but the Scholarship Committee refused Terry a scholarship on the grounds that there were a limited number of scholarships...
...typically caustic vein at a typically ragged rehearsal, Holmes announced: "This has got to come to a screeching halt." He may well have expected the bandsmen to stop screeching, but as for a half, well, in spite of money troubles. Yale brickbats, and fatiguing greyhound bus trips,--the Sprit of the Harvard Bend Goes On and On.MALCOLM H. HOLMES...
Over-all there is a tremendous feeling of boisterousness and organized good sprit is that, while it may not jibe with the Cambridge ideal of a pick-up cocktail hour, is quite pleasant. If a weekend of frantic partying is exhausting, and if the excitement pales by Sunday morning, well, there is only one a year and it gets awfully cold and lonely in the woods of New Hampshire
Mark A. DeWolfe Howe, Jr. '28, professor of Law, said last night that he was in essential agreement with Hart's letter as far as the sprit of the constitution and current conditions are concerned...
...sort of dull compared to some I've been on. They say a lot of things about Harvard boys, although I don't really believe most of them. Some Harvard boys are just a nice as can be, but it takes a Dartmouth boy to really bring out my "sprit...