Word: unselfishness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...duty and to urge us tonobler ends if we will but listen to Him. Many are deaf to the call, however, and therefore it is our duty to proclaim His presence and love, to proclaim it not merely by words but by the example of an unselfish life...
...coach, and secondly, the nine will play some games with professional clubs. These advantages will tend to offset the loss of so many members of last year's team, and what with conscientious work on the part of those who are candidates for the nine and an energetic and unselfish devotion on the part of its captain the nine ought this year to be worthy of the confidence placed in it by the college...
...Yale alumni are to give a complimentary dinner to Captain Robert J. Cook, '76, Yale's most famous oarsman, on February 19, as an expression of their appreciation of his unselfish devotion and valuable service so generously given to the interests of boating at our university. The letter of invitation is signed by fifty-one graduates, among whom are Henry E. Howland '54; Alexander H. Stevens, '54; Mason Young, '60; George A. Adee, '67; Allen W. Evarts, '69; Arthur M. Dodge, '74; Walter C. Camp...
...with great pleasure that we are able to notice editorially the unselfish action of one of our Mott Haven team in the games of Saturday last. In these days of always providing for number one at any cost, actions like that shown in the final heat in the 100-yards dash, stand in deserved prominence. Harvard's victory of the inter-collegiate cup depended on this race, and therefore we should all be doubly gratified to the man who gave up his own chances of success to make the victory of his college secure...
...college pulpit, and each has charmed with his own individuality yet through each address ran a strong exhortation, an appeal fervent and ringing for higher aims and loftier aspirations and the pursuance of that ambition which is the foundation, the fundamental principal of all success, the ambition of unselfish striving after and working for the benefit and amelioration of one's fellow man. It is a remarkable fact that through these three addresses, there runs a spirit of practical Christianity, a desire to impress on those whom they address the need not of dreaming but of work, of work...