Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee recommend that the boat club exercise a little more discretion in their expenditures, limiting them to the money which is actually subscribed. This is the proper attitude without doubt, although the advantages of a launch are so great that the college ought not to fail in giving the requisite means for its running expenses. The gift of the base-ball management, on condition of the raising of the remaining $800, is indeed a great help, and, although removed for some days, it will be news to most of the students, who supposed that the Boat Club was, indeed...
...support on subscriptions and the generous aid of other organizations in the University. Its accounts are well kept and are in excellent condition. From them it appears that the principal reason for the increase in the debt has been the heavy expense of repairing and maintaining the launch which the club owns. This expense, like all others, ought to be considered in the estimates of the club; and if they cannot be provided for before they are incurred, it is the opinion of this committee that they should not be incurred at all. We believe it to be the only...
...manager, in stating that the college had taken upon itself the responsibility of the launch, from the hands of a graduate committee, made full explanation for any additional expense in that direction. As regards wages paid the engineer, the writer has made a little mistake in his term of service. If he had put it at three months instead of three weeks, he would have been more nearly correct...
...addition to the $300.35 of assets there has been promised $100.00 by the D. K. E., and $100.00 by a graduate as a gift for the launch...
...will be seen that the largest bill we now owe is for launch expenses. The launch has, until last season, been run partly by outside subscriptions and by a committee independent of the boat club. As large bills had been contracted on its account and the committee were not willing to collect the money necessary to pay them, the boat club has this fall assumed the debt and will manage the launch in future...