Word: popularly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...given a second opportunity to present applications should not entitle them to the same consideration due to those who were prompt. The committee may have provided for this but nothing in the notice of extension indicates this fact. If this policy of extending closing dates, which is so popular at present, is continued, it will tend to discourage prompt compliance with conditions and put a premium on procrastination. H. F. BROWNE...
...much temptation for the athlete who feels sure of a position on a team, to lie back and think that he is so necessary that the coaches and others will "baby" him along. As probation is now considered, the displeasure of the Office is by no means synonymous with popular disgrace. Were it so looked on, there would be far fewer athletes on probation...
Then in a broader sense, hockey is a comparatively new sport and the Boston Arena a venture. If hockey is ever to become a major sport, as may well be the case if it remains popular about Boston, it must have the hearty support of the College. Tonight is one of the very best chances to examine how much the undergraduates care for the game. We believe that it is a sport to be encouraged, that the comparatively few chances to see University hockey games in the past have tended to retard its growth; but that an enthusiastic attendance...
...they were $124,000. A substantial part of this decrease is due to the present policy of not soliciting subscriptions for the various teams from students. The experience of the past year shows that unless economy is practised, it may be necessary to return to popular subscriptions...
...connection with the report the Athletic Committee publishes an explanatory statement. Therein to the development of minor sports and the abolition of popular subscriptions is attributed much of the loss. Figuring the difference between receipts and expenditures of the University minor sports in the past two years, approximately $3000 more was spent in the latter period. It is generally recognized that most of the money raised by popular subscriptions came from the Freshman class. The receipts from Freshman athletics in 1908-09, when the subscription system was in force, were about $3300. Last year Freshman athletics yielded $1005, hence subscription...