Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which can beheated at a moderate cost, and which can be lighted and kept open in the evenings. Indeed we should strongly urge that at least the experiment of an evening reading-room be tried by the directors until it is definitely decided whether the college will grant sufficient aid to permanently support the undertaking or not. Such a move would undoubtedly add very largely to the popularity of the reading-room, and men would find in it a pleasant place to spend an idle evening in conversation or in the perusal of the latest newspapers and magazines...
...expenses, not counting the subscription to the new track, amounted to $1653.00, leaving , as I have said, net receipts of $725.28. This gives a promising outlook and will enable the association to repay in less than two years the $1000.00 which it has borrowed of the corporation to aid in the completion of the new athletic grounds...
...less than $2000 a year and the association can not now afford to pay this. As it seems to me' there are only two ways out of this quandary and either of these is an unlikely one. The first is that a man be hired who can give material aid to the foot ball, base ball, and athletic interests and that these associations divide the expense. The trouble with this way is that such a man is almost impossible to find...
...coming year. Mr. Coolidge then read the treasurer's report, which showed a surplus of $103.60 in the treasury. The treasurer expressed confidence in the ability of the association to pay in less than two years the one thousand dollars which it has borrowed from the corporation to aid in the completion of the new athletic grounds. At the request of the treasurer, the meeting instructed the secretary to appoint a committee to audit his accounts. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year. The following were elected officers by acclamation: President, T. J. Coolidge...
...race between the seniors and freshmen turned out to be a close and interesting contest. The crews were on hand at eleven o'clock promptly and were started, without the aid of starting boats, by Referee Eaton from his single scull. The boats got off very nearly together, but with the advantage a little in favor of the seniors, who had the inside course; they immediately increased their lead to about a quarter of a length which they retained to the mile buoy, where the freshmen spurted and drew up nearly even with the leaders. From this point...