Word: letting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...runner who will win two or three events for her. She will make every effort to increase her number of first prizes, and it behooves our men to do everything possible to keep the great cup where it is now. The large number of candidates for places is encouraging, let us hope that they keep on trying and do not stop training as soon as the novelty and excitement has worn...
...first place, and how clean sweeping is its prohibition of "professionalism" in the second place. President Eliot's report contains a sweeping condemnation of the practice of employing all trainers whatever; "They are in favor of forbidding college clubs and crews to employ trainers," (p23): and yet from expressions let fall at this conference we should not judge that the faculty's prohibition was by any means so absolute as one would naturally imply from this statement. Indeed we do not understand that the college holds any objection to the employment of a trainer for the crews such...
...boats to three. That the Law School is not able to place a crew on the river oftener than once in four or five years is a matter of regret. And when there is interest enough to make the attempt, they ought to be encouraged as much as possible. Let all the crews make their best efforts and not give up till the fight is won; and the result will be the finest race which will ever have been seen on the Charles river course...
...treasurer's report states that the percentage of returns for capital invested was smaller for 1883 than the year before, and that this decrease is likely to continue as long as there is so much spare capital seeking investment. One remedy could be applied to both these evils. Let the college take some of the unencumbered funds and build a new dormitory or dormitories, for there is room for several...
...regular return since it was built the rent has more than covered the original outlay, in twelve years. 10 per cent is much more than Mr. Hooper, the treasurer, can obtain from any ordinary investment, in fact twice as much. If the college is unable to build at present let them urge some of Harvard's numerous friends and well wishers to devote their spare money to such a worthy object...