Word: generous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...when the crowed had once got around the Tree, there would be a block instead of a lively scrimmage. The dozen men immediately encircling the Tree would be almost the only ones to get flowers. They would probably tear away all they could. Or, even if prompted by more generous motives, they would be unable to get out through the impenetrable mass of men behind them. Each man in the crowed would be so tightly wedged in between four men, before, behind, right and left, that however willing he should be to let the man who had got flowers pass...
...Graduate Manager and the 'Varsity crew a large part of it was cancelled. A sum, which is disgracefully large, is still owed, however; and to raise funds enough to carry the crew through the year, the collectors who are now going through the halls must meet a ready and generous reponse. The class can not, as in past years, allow its crew debt to run over until the following year; but unless the debt is paid by summer it will have to be taken from the class fund which is always too small to meet the many uses to which...
...wish to express our appreciation of the very generous treatment which the Baseball Team received at Princeton on Wednesday. From the first moment that the team appeared on the field all their good plays were applauded with the utmost impartiality, and before the game began the students cheered for Harvard for several minutes. No effort was made to rattle the players even when a misplay might have ruined Harvard' chances...
...present friendly feeling which exists between Princeton and Harvard is one of the pleasantest results of the renewal of athletic contests between the two universities. To cultivate this spirit of generous rivalry in our athletics is of much more importance than the mere winning of victories. When the Princeton team plays in Cambridge next week let us remember that we are bound by common courtesy to give it the warmest kind of a reception...
...before six o'clock Saturday afternoon. The entrance fee is two dollars. Each man will shoot four strings, of which the best three are to count. Any man who wishes may shoot two strings in an afternoon, so that he can get through his four strings in two shoots. Generous handicaps will be given to men who enter. There are four classes, A, B, C, and D. A shoots at 30 birds, B at 35, C at 40, D at 50. The shoots will be held Monday and Thursday afternoon from...