Word: spiritless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...German student was once heard to remark: "What a spiritless land this America is, where you cannot find a dozen young fellows who will sit down to a cozy drinking-bout for about four hours of an evening!" This rebuke was greeted with a loud burst of laughter by all his hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer...
...There is no disputing the fact that the old-time enthusiasm in boating has given way to a state of apathy. The Dunham Club, which supplies excellent facilities for boating practice, has seen its best days. The inter-class races as a rule are spiritless contests in which the participants are the only ones very much interested. Boating has been on a decline, and men have gotten their exercise from other sources. The wide popularity of tennis has taken many good men who might have had their exercise on the water. The crew men and those within the aquatic circle...
...their full strength. The passing was the best seen here this season, and would have proved equally effective against a much stronger team. But often, and especially in the second three-quarters when Williams made the safeties, our men missed many chances to score by slow and spiritless playing. In this point lies the secret of Yale's large scores, for her men, confident that rigid training will give them as much and probably more endurance than their opponents, do not neglect this advantage but continually force the fighting from the kick-off to the very close of the game...
...sometime after this the play was rather spiritless until Austin secured another touchdown after a run of nearly half the field, the most brilliant play of the game. No goal was scored from this touchdown owing to its distance from the posts...
...have been greatly improved if they had been accompanied on the piano. The jodeling of Mr. Dorr as usual took the audience by storm, and his "Calliope" was received with even greater enthusiasm. Mr. Dunham's piano solo met with an appreciative reception. With the single exception of the spiritless rendering of the college songs, the concert may be said to have been one of special excellence. After the concert there was dancing in Memorial Hall...