Word: letters
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...radical changes in the method of financing our teams. At the time of the publication of the report of the Graduate Treasurer of Athletics we stated that from the figures of the report it is very evident that the self-support rule for minor teams is practically a dead letter; but that its evil effects are still as great as ever. We are thoroughly tired of being dunned for subscriptions, when the Athletic Association has an enormous yearly surplus beyond the reach of the minor managers. No one will attempt to defend subscription soliciting, either as a method of financing...
...with the crossed sticks on their caps, and the "Y. U. H. T." on their jerseys. The university basketball team will be awarded a "Y. U. B. B." It was decided to award a "Y" to the winners of the intercollegiate cross country run; thus henceforth the letter will be given to those men who finish within the first twelve in the intercollegiate games...
...edition of the University publication relating to students' expenses, is being compiled by the Secretary of the Faculty, and, it is expected, will be ready in a few weeks. The pamphlet will contain a collection of letters from undergraduate students, describing in detail their necessary expenses at Harvard, with an introductory account of college expenses and of scholarships and other aids, together with a letter concerning expenses and aids in Radcliffe College, and a brief account of the Phillips Brooks House Association...
...report of the Graduate Treasurer of athletics has brought us to a final conclusion on two questions long under consideration. The report shows beyond question of doubt that the rule that now attempts to make all minor teams self-supporting is to all intents and purposes a dead letter; and furthermore that the accessibly of dunning the student body for subscriptions has passed, and the troublesome system should be abolished...
Again the captain of the track team has been compelled to issue an appeal for candidates. The situation is the more distressing because the letter is addressed not only to the unknown quantity, but to the men of experience, whose negligence is handicapping the coaches in this most crucial of all years. Now of all times they have no right to rest on their laurels. Every man whose experience or inclination leads him to believe that he can be of the slightest help in developing a winning team, is willfully injuring his own cause and the cause of the whole...