Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Harvard is moving in the right direction in uniting the country intersectionally by taking on football elevens from the Southland and the near Southland. The spirit is commendable, the result is sure to redound to the credit of the Cambridge University...
...having read the essay I do not know whether the author goes on to establish in us Americans a more active quality which might be called the generous spirit, but 8,000,000 automobiles rolling on specially constructed automobile roads in our country (as against less than 1,000,000 in the rest of the world) leave no doubt that we have it toward ourselves...
There can be no doubt as to the part the Harvard stands are to play on Saturday. Wally Trumbull said last night that "psychology is fifty percent of the game"; and it is the Harvard supporters who make psychology count. At 3.45 the parade to the Stadium starts. The spirit that was shown in the mass meeting is only a beginning. This afternoon and tomorrow will prove that the Harvard stands can contribute all of that fifty percent...
...carried their plays through so perfectly that it is evident that if any of these men are put in the game Saturday, their substitution will not materially weaken the team. At any event, they will go into the contest with a thorough knowledge of the plays and a fighting spirit that will be as good as that of team...
Whether or not American character shall deserve the praise implied by those words of Professor Santyanna will depend on the efforts of our colleges and schools to make the generous spirit a more universal fact...