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Word: spiritless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...himself a grave injustice, but is open to the charge of being disloyal to Harvard. The mid-year examinations are less than two weeks away. If a man is near the probation mark there is still time to make good. It may demand a sacrifice, but half-hearted and spiritless attempts are of no avail. By really conscientious efforts, any man can keep off probation. It is upon such conscientious efforts among those who are to be candidates for all the major and minor teams this spring that our success in athletics and particularly against Yale depends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETICS AND COLLEGE STUDIES. | 1/13/1912 | See Source »

...year above all others demands good music from the undergraduates. The team is the best that has represented, Harvard in years. The singing in its support is far from the best in years. There is an almost shameful inconsistency in trying to encourage a championship team with faltering and spiritless songs. Such, nevertheless, will be the case at New Haven on Saturday if men do not embrace this opportunity for finally mastering both the old and the new songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO NEW SONGS SATURDAY? | 11/17/1910 | See Source »

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