Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...interest. They arrived in Buffalo in the afternoon, and attended a tea given by Mrs. Sprague. The concert in the evening at the Twentieth Century Club was one of the most successful of the trip, and what the Harvard men present lacked in numbers they made up in enthusiasm. The hall was elaborately decorated with crimson bunting and Harvard flags, and the audience encored the numbers repeatedly. A reception in honor of the Clubs was held after the concert at the Saturn Club...
...review the arguments which justify and call for their continuance. Suffice it to say that the interest which intercollegiate contests arouse will never accompany any intra-college sports, no matter how carefully their status is worked out, and, if anyone objects to them on the grounds of too much enthusiasm, he surely would not care to see the indifference which would result from a few years of intra-college sports...
During the past week enthusiasm has risen to a pitch probably higher than would have accompanied a season in which Harvard's goal line had not been crossed. The primary object of this was to inspire the team with the idea that the whole University is behind it. But the frequency and effervescent spirit of these spontaneous outbursts prove that they are not forced, but that underlying it all there is a real confidence in the team. We know that every man on the eleven will do all that lies in his power to justify this confidence, and we wish...
Rumor has it that one of the nightly expressions of enthusiasm is to culminate in a trip to Boston. Just what advantage such an excursion would have it is difficult to see. We have no particular interest in displaying our feelings before the people of Boston--indeed they will learn of them far more generally through the newspaper accounts. Enthusiasm is of most value for its effect upon the players and upon the undergraduates themselves...
...Memorial Hall, during the dinner hour on Monday and Tuesday, as everyone knows, there was an outburst of splendid enthusiasm in support of the team. It is an especially fine thing on the part of the fellows under the present circumstances. But there are a number of men in the Hall who either apparently misunderstood this manifestation of loyalty, or who are unable to appreciate it, and see only an excuse to "rough-house," hammering dishes and trays, and throwing articles of food to such an extent that the Hall looked as though it had been the scene...