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No one who heard the cheering yesterday afternoon can accuse Harvard of indifference or lack of loyalty. As we have said many times of late the fine feeling which exists among the students has been too evident for any mistake and the climax yesterday was the finest outburst of enthusiasm, the finest evidence of affection for the University, ever given in the form of cheering. Nothing is more touching, nothing more stirring to the sturdy, manly side of college men's natures, than the parting with classmates and fellow-students who go to uphold the honor of their college in contests like these football games. On no occasion in the course do class and society lines disappear so utterly, to be replaced by sympathetic union of heart and voice. And all this means quite as much to the team as to those who cheer. The thrill which follows the cheering gives an impetus to each man's determination which is sure to last him till the game ends. Through all the restlessness of this morning, we should keep our minds resolutely to one task at least, namely, that of giving ourselves heart and soul to the support of the team. In the cars, on the street, here in Cambridge if any one stays, this one aim should be absolutely absorbing. Whether the team wins or not-and we firmly believe that it will-the spirit must last after the game and through to the race in the spring. We feel sure that such enthusiasm and loyalty as was shown yesterday will do an immense amount of good for all phases of Harvard life and will destroy the last ground for any cry of Harvard indifference and Harvard pessimism.

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