Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...high squad positions as a serious weakness for the coming season. However, Coach Barnaby expressed optimism early this week. "Although we were hard hit by last year's graduations, there was an unusually fine turnout for practice last fall. A large group of potentially fine players showed magnificent squad spirit and a real willingness to get down to good, hard work. We may start off a little shakily, but with such fine team morale and energy we can't fail to come up with something pretty good by the end of the season...
...biggest display of House spirit in several years, they then broke into the Union and entertained dining Yardlings with Leverett yells, speeches, and napkin-tossing. The freshmen cheered the show throughout...
Flynn must combat the narrow-mindedness of the cattle ranchers, led in spirit by Alexis Smith who believes. "This here has been cattle land for as long as I kin remember . . . we cain't give up the fine things that our fathers and grandfathers fought for." When she further explains that sheep should not be allowed in the area because they tear out the grass by the roots, and because they smell bad, her position becomes clear: discrimination against animals because of the way they eat and the way they smell...
...house spirit" blazes heartily at Leverett. There is an amazing sense of solidarity and drive among those who play on House teams, arrange the House forums and concentration dinners, and devote hours of precious study time to such projects as painting and decorating the television room or equipping the new House darkroom...
...Housemaster Elliott Perkins '22 puts it, in Lowell nobody "will force you to dance around the maypole," as though in tribute to that illusive deity, House spirit. But if you're one of the 180 men entering Lowell House next year, you'll join a diverse company of 435 men and a witty housemaster...