Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holmes, Jr., John Fisk, Rev. Phillips Brooks, Senator Dawes, Senator Evarts and Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. In his letter of apology, Senator Dawes said: "I am filled with admiration of him [President Dwight] and the new field of work on which he enters with so much zeal and with such a common consent of alumni and the entire public. The future of the university must be assured, and every alumnus of the institution must feel a pride in it that has never been equalled even in the most prosperous days of the past...
...Dramatic Association, which has shown such untiring zeal and energy the past few years, will hold its trials for the well-know comedy, "Our Boys," by Mr. H. J. Byron. All the parts are open and a vigorous competition is anticipated. There is also a movement on foot to get up a minstrel entertainment. There is good material in college for such an undertaking; the scheme has been suggested in the past but always fell through for lack of a leading man to rush it to completion...
...believe study at Harvard is to-day more interested, energetic, and persistent than it has ever been before. But that is no ground for satisfaction. A powerful college must forever be dissatisfied. Each year it must address itself anew to strengthening the tenacity of its students in their zeal for knowledge...
...feel assured that he will carry out the duties of the position in an effective manner. Ever since he entered college Mr. Holden has taken an active interest in foot-ball and has shown himself to be well versed in the science of the game. The vigor and zeal of his playing need no comment here...
...classical studies, which has been almost exclusively bestowed upon Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petraca. Archaeology is founded on an absolute critic inquiry, on the comparison of antique monuments and with written and engraved documents. Archaeology is a science which, differing from others, begins to repay at once the zeal of the student with deep moral satisfaction. It is a science so noble and fascinating that it helps wonderfully to form the character of intelligent youths, yet it is true that its study requires the spirit of enterprise, plenty of money, a subtle mind, and constancy of application...