Word: minor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...policy of the Committee has not been one of discrimination against the so-called minor sports. As football and baseball are self-supporting, it appears superfluous to have the undergraduates subscribe to them, as was formerly necessary, but both the crew and track team have to raise the money for a portion of their own expenses. It is true that they also receive aid from the general funds, but even so, the amount they have to get for themselves is larger than that of any of the minor teams, and, if we take the two, larger than those...
...likewise incorrect to state, as is so often done, that all "support" has been withdrawn from the minor sports. This year Hockey, Cricket, Basketball, Handball and the Gymnastic team have all received financial aid for "permanent equipment," which term has been liberally interpreted. In the case of Hockey the sum alloted by the Committee has been considerable...
...annual income and equally heavy expenses. For a time there was a great surplus and under its influence there was a natural tendency to taking things easily in many ways. The finances were not always as economically managed as they might have been, subscriptions went down steadily, and one minor team after another was given irregular assistance, though some of them which now regard aid as almost indispensable existed for many years before such a thing was thought...
...surplus has practically disappeared. At the same time, expenses of all kinds are going steadily up, and there is no end to them in sight. Some of these expenses I have enumerated in a previous letter. It also became necessary to adopt some settled policy in regard to the minor sports, as their number was increasing (three new ones have come into existence this year) and experience has shown that the money assistance granted to them in a somewhat haphazard fashion was growing rapidly in amount...
...play, which will have its first night on Monday, give promise of an extremely interesting performance. With the completion of the scenery and the final arrangement of the properties, the cast are acquiring final form for the dress rehearsal tomorrow. All of the principal parts, and many of the minor ones, are taken by graduates and undergraduates of Harvard and Radcliffe who have had considerable experience on the amateur stage...