Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sincerest flattery and it shall be the earnest endeavor of the present board to keep the paper up to the standard set by our predecessors. The pleasant memory they have left with us will go far towards had ping us to shoulder the responsibility and to work with zeal for the welfare of the paper...
...lost in begetting steam. It is as true to-day as ever that man cannot serve two masters. What names can our civilization show among philosophers, poets and writers whose fame will outlive this century to warm the hearts and fire the imaginations of coming generations? There is less zeal for the true intellectual life to-day than there was a hundred years...
...Guitar and Mandolm Club, Sparring Association, 'Varsity Club, Zoological Club and the Law Review. The Everett Athenxum and the consolidated Sodality and Glee Club do not appear. The leading feature in the volume, however, is the athletic records, on which the editors and their informants have worked with great zeal and patience, making them fuller and correspondingly more interesting. The arrangement of the societies, etc., is about the same as in last year's book, but there is a great improvement in the advertisements, which are better selected and greater in number than heretofore. The typographical errors are numerous...
...fact remains that there will be inter-collegiate contests of physical skill and strength. This conclusion is practically demonstrated, not only by the zeal in this behoof of undergraduates and sub freshmen, but by the enthusiasm of graduates and the intense interest which the public take in the affairs. Take the recent game between the two leading foot-ball teams. The New York papers say that the polo grounds never held so many or so wildly enthusiastic spectators; the return of the victors through the avenue on a coach called out the flutter of banners and choruses of cheers from...
...current of cold air beating down on one's head as to confine him in his room for a day or so with a bad cold or a sore throat. Prof. Childs was compelled to stay in his house two days last week as a direct result of his zeal in trying to find some books in the library. All this cannot be laid to the riegligence of the employees of that building, since pure air must be obtained even at the risk of severe consequences; but there is no justification for the college authorities to pass over a matter...