Word: funds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the Yale undergraduates were allowed to use the Bowl for the first time Wednesday, they discovered that the cheering section has been limited to the upper rows of the west stand, behind the section of 3600 seats allowed to the men who subscribed to the fund to build the Bowl. The plan of allowing those who subscribed to the fund the privilege of the best seats in the Bowl has never been popular with the students. The Yale "News" in an editorial condemning the action of the authorities, says: "The reason for this mysterious system of allotment...
Sousa and his band will give two concerts next Tuesday afternoon and evening at Symphony Hall for the benefit of the Wellesley College fire fund. The concerts will be under the auspices of the Boston Wellesley College Club. Tickets are now on sale at $1, 75 and 50 cents each, and may be procured at the box office...
Owing to lack of sufficient graduate backing and to present financial conditions, the gymnasium committee has decided to discontinue further canvassing of the undergraduates for subscriptions to the gymnasium fund...
While its impetus has decreased, it should not be allowed to stop entirely. Each class should add something to the fund, for the raising of so large an amount of money, even for so desirable an object, is a matter of time and patience. Success in two and a half years could hardly be expected...
With perseverance, the fund, which just now seems at a stand-still, can be made to grow surprisingly by steady additions to it. The project should be neither abandoned nor halted. It should go on uninterruptedly for it has had an excellent start...