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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...causes. The first is the falling off in the amount of subscriptions, for last year only about $7,900 was subscribed as against $9,144.39 the year before. The decrease may possibly be accounted for by a lack of diligence among the collectors, but we believe that it is due chiefly to the growing antagonism to the subscription system. If that system were abolished, the profits of the Association would be materially lessened, but the deficit could be met by erecting bigger wooden stands at the more important football games. These stands could be made perfectly safe, and should bring...
Last year the minor sports did not report as large a deficit as in the year before, but the gain was due to wholesale reduction of expenses. Before long the limit in this direction will be reached and judging from past experience, the receipts will continue to grow smaller every year. By abolishing the subscription system, and substituting the blanket ticket and the enlarged football stands, we believe that the total surplus will be as great as, if not greater than, at present, and an exceedingly troublesome and obnoxious system will be done away with...
Though in the baseball account both receipts and expenses are slightly larger, the sport keeps its accustomed steadiness. The additional expense is due to four items: an increase in supplies including a pitching machine; greater cost of travelling occasioned by a trip to Hanover, N. H.; a third game with Yale in New York; and greater outlay for coaching...
Though the receipts of the track team were greater than last year, there was still a deficit in the department, due to the cost of maintaining a training table for the cross-country team and of transporting 38 men to Philadelphia for the intercollegiate meet...
...work of the Freshman crew has been ragged and crude, due to numerous changes in its order from day to day. Two crews were on the river Thursday and rowed in the following order...