Word: cheered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When it was announced at the English university of Cambridge that women would henceforth be admitted to the university examinations, the students turned out in a body to cheer Miss Helen Gladstone and the incoming young woman students...
...eleven to do their utmost; their energy and faithfulness thus far are sufficient evidence of their conscientious work today. It is to the students, rather than to the eleven that we make our appeal. The game we had with Princeton in '88 clearly demonstrates the value of systematic cheering. We must cheer today, and that in an organized manner. Princeton has boasted in these columns of her power to send an eleven which will be "able to play the game out," we must prove our ability to cheer our team to an honorable victory...
...eagerness to watch and cheer the football men in practice, we must not let our enthusiasm carry us away. It is, of course, easy to crowd almost unconsciously upon the football field when we are interested in the play, and our so doing merits no very severe criticism-and yet time and time again it is a decided hindrance to the men in their work, considerably hampering them in their freedom of motion. A little thoughtfulness in the matter can not be amiss, and that we may act consistently with our own expressions of enthusiasm, we must pay a little...
...senior class will assemble in front of Holworthy, cheer the college buildings and march to the tree. During the exercises at the tree the yard will be cleared and tickets will be required of all persons found in the yard and those who enter thereafter...
...condemned cordially; but instead of that one hears him commiserated for being compelled to keep in training four or five months in the year. Such a spirit will never defeat Yale and Princeton. Men go out to the ball games and sit like so many dummies, almost afraid to cheer lest they may hurt their opponent's feelings, and if they do cheer it is not the old ringing, victory bringing, Harvard shout but a slow dirgelike moan that presages defeat. Would that I may be proved in error as to this in the coming Yale game...