Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third lecture in the Finance club course was given last evening in Sanders Theatre by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, who spoke on "The requirement of impartiality and uniformity in railroad service." A very large audience received the distinguished speaker with marked enthusiasm, and followed his lecture with the closest attention...
...choruses the best were the Flunkeys at the beginning of the second act, the chorus of monks and nuns in the third act, and the ensemble at the end. The third act is very elaborate for an amateur performance but it was carried through with great energy and enthusiasm. With the exception of one or two hitches in the scene shifting everything passed off smoothly...
...kicking had been offered, to be competed for every year, and to be awarded finally to the man who made the best record in the ten years. The prinary object for which the cup was offered was really to create in the men in the college greater enthusiasm in playing, football and to incite them to harder work. It was an offer on the part of the givers at once generous and expressive of the deep in erest which they feel in Harvard's success. It therefore becomes the duty of the undergraduates to see that this opportunity...
...Detroit. The Harvard graduates in that city are fewer than the graduates of other colleges, and it was only last year that any organization among them was attempted, when the Detroit club was formed. The first dinner of this club was held recently and was the occasion of great enthusiasm...
...third winter meeting the of H. A. A. was a great success. A large crowd of spectators, including many ladies, had plenty of chances to show their enthusiasm over close and exciting contests. There were an unusually large number of entries for the events since about a dozen members of other colleges belonging to the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and of the Institute of Technology had availed themselves of the chance of contesting. The visitors made such good use of their strength and agility, that they carried off five first prizes and one second from the eight events...