Word: pride
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...club. Either from an inherent modesty or from pure laziness and selfishness, but very few freshmen paid any attention to the the appeal. Now a freshman banjo club is in progress of formation and the members of '92 still persist in refusing to bestir themselves. Class feeling and class pride, in so far as to equal if not excel the record of preceding classes, whether in athletics, literary work or musical or social organizations, seems to find little nourishment among the members of the freshman class. Despite the efforts made to form a freshman banjo club, through lack of enthusiasm...
...committee had the power to choose the captain; decide on the policy under which the crew should be conducted; select the men, and direct the crew in every way, both in and out of the boat. A change so revolutionary in its character could not help materially affecting the pride of the undergraduates in their crew. To take the management of so important a department of athletics entirely out of the hands of the students and place it absolutely under the control of a committee of graduates, must necessarily result in diminishing the interest of the students, for whom, primarily...
...delination of character "The Barber's Romance" is successful to the end. Pride and self-assertion compromised by marriage is the theme. But beside others, the story has this additional merit, that, as the writer says-and no one after reading would attempt to contradict him-the plot is founded on facts. The reader finishes the story with nothing but pity for the poor, insulted little Frenchman, brought by love to mediocrity; and is forced for a time on this one phase of life so well depicted...
...distance covered in the various competitions would undoubtedly have been better, but even as it was the H. A. A. have good reason to congratulate themselves upon the breaking of two records. The running in the half-mile race was such as any college might point to with pride, and the record made in throwing the hammer, although not up to the best college record, gives every reason to hope that Harvard will be able to win that event at the Mott Haven games this year. That the members of the team have worked hard during the spring and winter...
...give your subscriptions in at once to the manager of the crew. He has so much on his hands that it is well-nigh impossible for him to visit each man. Therefore, be generous and aid him in his work. For this is a matter which should touch the pride of every true Harvard...