Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...promises well for the support of the Crew this year. The Treasurer stated that the balance in the treasury should not lead men to be backward in their subscriptions, as it was only equivalent to the fund raised by theatricals last year. We hope that the University will be prompt with its subscriptions, and save the officers of the Club the great annoyance and trouble to which they have been previously subjected...
...Again, many who cannot be induced to exercise at present might find it worth while if they could have good instruction, and thus the number of "hot-house" scholars might be reduced. We gladly recommend the gentlemen mentioned by our correspondent, and hope that the College authorities, usually so prompt in matters of this kind, will not feel obliged to hold back because Amherst and Yale have set them a good example...
...several outside associations. By thus throwing our men into direct competition with other athletes, we look to see our representatives do, not only themselves, but the College justice. The Executive Committee are certainly deserving of praise for this attempt to stimulate our athletic contests, as well as for the prompt and thorough manner with which they have attended to the track, and all pertaining to the meeting so long beforehand...
...Secretary requests a prompt reply, as his action may be governed by the answers he receives...
...sporting editor authorizes us to say that, in view of the prompt manner in which the table at Morgan's has subscribed for a cup, he will guarantee $15 more for a mile-run. Now, won't the Advocate attend to the mile-walk, the Lampoon to the hurdle-race, and some of the club tables to the hundred-yards, two-mile run, broad jump, high jump...