. ... Debris. rthy of their mettle in college circles, overstepped allconventionalities, playing athletic associations and Y. M. C. A. teams on the trip through theSouth, returning with such a creditable record as is rarely made even by the oldest teams. In closing, a word must be said of the college spirit that prevails at Purdue; that unconquer-able, never-die doggedness of every man, be he on Varsity or bleacher, that asserts itself fromthe beginning to the very end of the struggle, at once impresses anyone foreign to Purdue withher loyalty and wins from contesting colleges the voluntary pr


. ... Debris. rthy of their mettle in college circles, overstepped allconventionalities, playing athletic associations and Y. M. C. A. teams on the trip through theSouth, returning with such a creditable record as is rarely made even by the oldest teams. In closing, a word must be said of the college spirit that prevails at Purdue; that unconquer-able, never-die doggedness of every man, be he on Varsity or bleacher, that asserts itself fromthe beginning to the very end of the struggle, at once impresses anyone foreign to Purdue withher loyalty and wins from contesting colleges the voluntary praise and acknowledgement of thereal and true college spirit that exists here at Purdue. And better yet is it to know that thisloyalty is increasing with that rapid pace with which Purdue herself is growing; a fact mostpleasing to any alumnus, who, coming back, experiences that completest of satisfactions in knowingthat his Alma Mater has the loyalty in her supporters that he knew when he was here years 108


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