Word: aid
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...minor sports. As football and baseball are self-supporting, it appears superfluous to have the undergraduates subscribe to them, as was formerly necessary, but both the crew and track team have to raise the money for a portion of their own expenses. It is true that they also receive aid from the general funds, but even so, the amount they have to get for themselves is larger than that of any of the minor teams, and, if we take the two, larger than those of all the minor sports put together. The difference between the major and minor sports...
...likewise incorrect to state, as is so often done, that all "support" has been withdrawn from the minor sports. This year Hockey, Cricket, Basketball, Handball and the Gymnastic team have all received financial aid for "permanent equipment," which term has been liberally interpreted. In the case of Hockey the sum alloted by the Committee has been considerable...
...under its influence there was a natural tendency to taking things easily in many ways. The finances were not always as economically managed as they might have been, subscriptions went down steadily, and one minor team after another was given irregular assistance, though some of them which now regard aid as almost indispensable existed for many years before such a thing was thought...
...general exhortations to economy though they serve to remind us of a duty which we must never forget, and which it is a constant fight to enforce in detail, still they are of no great aid unless accompanied by suggestions of a more specific nature...
...served there between 6 and 8 o'clock. An orchestra will play throughout the evening and there will be dancing in the Living Room. Only members of the Union and their friends who are not members of the University will be admitted. Members of the Union are requested to aid the House Committee by not giving away their tickets to undergraduates who are not members of the Union...