Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...just such a condition that the traditions of collegiate major sport would remedy. A man wearing his college let- ter would think twice before allowing himself to be beaten simply because he was weary and out of breath. A little more of the never-say-die spirit, as promulgated by the collegiate code of honor, would help both the standards of tennis and its popularity with the "red-blooded" variety of sport lover...
Coach Trumbull said that in the old days when a mass meeting was announced a line formed outside the door fighting to get in. Last night there were empty seats. He said: "There are three elements of which a winning team is composed--technique of the game, fight, and spirit." We have nothing to do with the first, but we can inspire the fight and make the spirit...
...Emmons, 3rd, '20, opened the meeting by leading a series of long and short cheers. Then he yielded the platform to Kellett, the newly appointed song leader. The latter, who led the singing at Camp Devens during the war, instilled a spirit into the gathering such as has not been seen at Harvard since the fall of 1916. Time and again the room rang to the tunes of "Harvardiana" and "The Gridiron King" until the leader was satisfied and Trumbull took the stand...
Then the 1914 captain went on to describe how important the solid backing of the undergraduates is to a team and how much it helps when their opponents have them down. "There are three prime requisites for a winning team: technique, fight, and spirit. The first is up to the team and coaches; the second is up to the players, helped indirectly by the undergraduates; and the third can be given only by an enthusiastic cheering section. The coaches are giving every ounce that they have and so are the team. Every one of you must give every ounce...
There has been a very noticeable lack of spirit and co-operation in the cheering so far this year, but the cheer leaders expect to get the men working together tonight. The second meeting of this year will come the night before the team leaves for Princeton, and this will be the last chance to practice the cheers and songs before then...