Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Polo could support itself with plenty to spare, with a field and grandstands for its use near the University," asserted Captain S. F. Clark, University polo coach, to the CRIMSON last night. "The sport is attractive enough to the public, and has become so popular that it would undoubtedly become a self-supporting organization...
...Watters '26, after investigating the polo situation, reported that at Yale the Athletic Association made a yearly award of 1500 dollars for the support of polo, and that the balance was raised through the efforts of a Graduates' Polo Committee. He reported further that 38 men had come out for polo early in the season, and that the squad had recently been cut to 20, each of whom was required to pay dues to cover expenses for the upkeep of the field used for practice at the Dedham Country Club...
...during the past few years at Harvard, the Student Council again recommends that polo be recognized as a minor sport." When this suggestion was first put up for ratification several years ago, it was vetoed by President Lowell. The Council further recommended that the Athletic Association provide the same support for polo here as is the case at Yale, and that negotiations with a similar Graduates' Polo Committee be started. The final decision in regard to these suggestions rests in the hands of the Athletic Committee, and will be voted on at the next meeting of that organization...
...purpose in Dr. Kennedy's mind, it is doubtful if professors alone will ever succeed in endowing colleges with a right perspective in athletics. Whenever the pendulum does swing to its proper position, the motion, will begin in a subjective impetus. Although faculties may be counted on for support, the solution of this problem in American education lies almost entirely with the students themselves...
...Berenger, also a member of the French debt commission, declared, per contra, that he would support the ratification of M. Caillaux's tentative agreement...