Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last June he flung his hat in the air in giving vent to his joy. Probably no one knew better than Yale's enterprising, go-ahead President how much good that victory and the other victories won by the blue-clad athletes were worth to the university. The American youth is essentially either an athlete himself or a lover of athletics, and when he arrives at that stage of life at which he enters college the athletic reputation of the college has much to do with his selection, especially when he is allowed to make it himself...
...impetuosity of youth rather than the professional element we may ascribe whatever there is bad in the betting that goes on at the college races in the United States. 'Boys will be boys' is a remark which enjoys a perennial popularity in all ages and all lands. The same may be said of the spies that are sent out by two colleges to note the proficiency and faults of the rival crew; it springs from boyishness more than anything else; it is the act of half-men who a few years earlier were reading dime novels, daubing their cheeks with...
...book is divided into five parts: Fair Harvard, Life, Love, Youth and Fate, containing poems ranging all the way from topical to sentimental, descriptive to despairing, Part I. is preceded by Dr. Holmes' merry poem, "How the Old Horse Won the Bet," dedicated to the "Advocate" ten years ago, and now reprinted for the first time. This alone would make the book valuable in itself, were it not already made doubly so by a verse of the lamented Loring, who "always mourned and always honored," still keeps his renown as bright as at his untimely death...
...well-written sketch of Ben Johnson's life works. Mr. Carman's "Willow Buds" appears to be a little labored, and lacks naturalness. The most remarkable piece of writing in this number is, "A Moon Fragment," by Mr. J. B. Fletcher, which will appeal to many though its originality. "Youth," by Mr. Sanford, shows good thought, and much poetical insight. Mr. G. P. Baker contributes a sketch entitled, "An Enthusiast," in his usual easy and pleasant style. An editorial on the formation of a dramatic club and books notices complete an excellent issue...
...this condition. Although it may be in a certain sense pleasant, it is not always convenient, to run from this pump to some other place in order to get rid of the disagreeable taste which the water leaves. Yet this is the process which many a thirsty but confiding youth has been through...