Word: vim
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Dartmouth backs were better ground gainers than Harvard's. They rushed fearlessly and with a vim and dash that was not in the least characteristic of Dibblee, Haughton and Brown. The Harvard backs did not seem to be together. There was confusion as to the signals, no unison in their starting and oftentimes they were off before the ball was snapped. These faults may be remedied in time, but the running of the backs on Saturday was unmistakable evidence that there has got to be a rapid stride for the better, in their team play. Dibblee worked hard but failed...
...team on Saturday afternoon by the score of 6 goals to 2. The Harvard team has improved steadily throughout the year and played by far their best game on Saturday. The attack and passing of the men was very quick and the whole team played with the greatest vim and life...
...night will be particularly interesting as the only one in the campaign composed exclusively of college men. There will be transparencies expressive of allegiance to the cause of sound money and contempt for Bryanism. Other features will be Old John on a dray, the enormous machine manufactured by the Vim Tire Company, the bicycle brigade and a quantity of red fire. The same costumes used in the Republican parade will be worn. All who have not costumes for the parade tonight and who intend to wrlk Monday night must sing the bluebook in Leavitt's at once. Those who parade...
...ninety-seven team spent the afternoon in practicing signals. The men went into it with a dash and vim, and as a result the interference was on the whole very good and the runners followed their interference closely. The team believes that it has a good chance of winning, and every man is determined to do his best...
...Castle Square Company, none has been brighter, breezier or more pleasing. It is getting to be too old a story to wonder at, how the members of the cast can keep up their standard week in and week out, singing every night, rehearsing every day, and yet put the vim into their work that they do. The chorus is equally deserving of praise in this respect, and one of the leading bits of last night's production was made by the girls in their recital of "Phoebe's precepts." The opera of "Billee Taylor" is a nautical one and called...