Word: burden
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have the right to select the oarsmen of the crew? Is that power to be vested in a young, inexperienced captain, or in a responsible, experienced coach, employed as a permanent authority? In fairness, alike to every captain and to every coach, the CRIMSON believes that the burden of this responsibility should rest upon the coach...
...these men did not lose any of the credit, nor the opportunity to influence, mould and lead their crews. Unfortunately men of that stamp have not always been available and with the recourse to professional coaches it has often become necessary for the captain to shoulder responsibilities which improperly burden him and in some cases have greatly diminished his value as an oarsman. The captain-elect is until the night of the race with Yale simply an oarsman, without experience in judging men or styles of rowing or of any particular executive ability. That his election should qualify him three...
...squad. If the Athletic Committee will say that the coach and not the captain is responsible and in complete charge, the Committee will follow the logical tendency of the Harvard system; will remove from any coach the embarrassment of asserting his authority; will lift from every captain the burden of such onerous responsibility, and will probably accomplish great good for the University crews of future years...
...main point developed was regarding the additional burden of the yearly Union tax for men who were going through college at the lowest minimum. The arguments were advanced that the placing of another extra fee upon the term bill might keep men from coming to college and that the Union fee might open up a field for numerous other taxations of a similar sort. These arguments were refuted, however, by statistics which showed that the greater number of Union members were fellows who had the lowest expenditures per annum...
...fact that the Union is now supported by voluntary membership, but is used to a greater or less extent by everyone. In short, its support is that of a private club, while it is put to public use. This, obviously, is a great injustice to those who bear the burden of support, and it has become necessary to change this state of affairs. It has been suggested, therefore, that the Union be made an undergraduate institution by reducing the fee from $10 to $8 or $6 per annum and placing this item upon the term bill, in the same...