Word: generously
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...represent the University in this debate. Their work as shown by the debates that have been held through the year has been of an exceptionally high order. They speak with great intelligence, clearness and force. The one thing that is needed to make a victory almost certain is a generous support from the class...
...recollections of the visit of your eleven here last fall are of the pleasantest nature; but it has been felt by the members of our association that this was not enough, and that your generous act in returning the guarantee, paid to secure the game, called for more substantial acknowledgement than mere words. There has been no thought or attempt on our part, in sending this, toward a repayment of that gift, and we trust you will consider it in no such light. Our athletics, as you may know, being supported entirely by voluntary subscription, the return of our guarantee...
...generous gift of the Athletic Association of the United States Military Academy at West Point to our football association will be warmly appreciated here. Football at West Point is a comparatively new institution, and the athletic association as yet has no accumulated fund to fall back upon. The management is not allowed to charge any entrance fee to the games, and consequently has to depend entirely upon subscriptions collected from the students. When the Harvard Football Association realized this they declined to accept the money guaranteed them by West Point for their expenses in going to the game. In recognition...
...ambiguity in our statement about the presentation of cups to the members of the winning crew. The point we wished to make was simply that the football and baseball managements gave cups without any charge whatsoever. We supposed that no one would think for a moment that the generous 'Varsity Crew management would charge $120 for entrance fees and not give cups to the winning eight...
...last performance of the '96 Hasty Pudding theatricals was given at the Club House last evening. The hall was crowded, in spite of the threatening weather, with a most enthusiastic audience. From the rising of the curtain on the first act to the end of the play, the most generous applause was given, and all the principals were repeatedly encored. Parker's song in the third act, The Typical Topical Song, especially caught the audience with its local hits, and verse after verse was called...