Word: costly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...navy, by the way, is something that no Republican (or Democratic) administration would have considered right in times of general peace, but--and here is the difference--in critical times of war, no Republican administration would have dreamed of delaying it and decrying it for two years, at the cost of self-respect and the nation's respect. While, therefore, there exists a danger of retaining in power a party with this record of error and liable to this kind of error, the Preparedness issue can hardly be called definitely settled...
...Senior buttons for 1917 have been unavoidably delayed in manufacture, but will definitely be on sale at Leavitt and Peirce's Saturday. Any member of the Class of 1917 is eligible to wear the button and they will cost 25 cents each. H. L. Dayton '17 handed in the winning design which consisted of simple Arabic numerals on a black background...
...disbursements of the H. A. A totalled $238,000, an increase of $30,000 over 1912-13. Football cost $20,000 in 1908, $31,000 in 1909 and 1910, $30,000 in 1912, $34,000 in 1913, and $36,000 in 1914. The steady increase in expenses has evidently been paralleled at Yale, and the end is not yet in sight. On account of this the Yale Committee has found it advisable to limit the expensive paraphernalia and high-priced coaching systems that have come to be regarded as necessary for athletic success...
...Harvard the increased cost has been due in a considerable measure to the large and constant growth of the number of men who participate in athletics. In 1914, 1,472 men were so engaged; in 1915 the number had grown to 1,847. Everyone who desires is now given an opportunity to work on a squad, even though he stands the smallest chance of ever making a University team. Valuable as this policy undoubtedly is, more athletes mean more athletic supplies, more coaches, and consequently larger expenses...
...candidates for literary and business departments would at least equal the present aggregate. It ought to be greater, for the impetus gained from such a union should count for something. Although both publications are good, a higher standard would be the natural result of a combination. Furthermore, the cost of publishing would be less and the subscription rate much lower than the combined price...