Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...next feature of the case is likely to meet with the disapprobation of students, but certainly can be supported by arguments enough to remove all charge of any arbitrary dealing. That no gate-money shall be taken on College grounds may seem to some an unreasonable rule, which will deprive the Base-Ball Club of a much-needed revenue. The President is of opinion that the support of College clubs of any kind by charges of this nature puts them and the University in a false light before the public. By receiving pay, they put themselves in the position...
...last year showed to be necessary - will have to be made, for which ample time is the great requisite. New colleges are talking about joining the Association, who should know their fate as soon as possible, that their men may go into training, and funds be raised for their support. A fresh memory of the events of the last regatta will aid greatly in the correction of mistakes and abuses. In short, - not to go into a detailed consideration of points which will naturally suggest themselves to any who had to do with the regatta of 1874, - nothing...
...were to judge from some of the shallow excuses which are given for not supporting the institution, we might suppose that the students did not care how soon it was given up as impracticable, but in reality the feeling among us is far different. We should all be sorry to see the enterprise, started only three years ago at the unanimous request of the students, fall to the ground; and it is only through listlessness, or a feeling that some one will be sure to support it, that so many of us are backward. This being the case...
...other excuses it would be hard to defend; No one really supposes that the support given last year can be of any assistance this year, nor does any one expect that others will pay their share and his too; but still such reasons do very well when good ones are wanting...
...duty to pay for them; another does not use them very much, don't think he gets two dollars worth from them (pity the director can't make a discount for his benefit); another paid last year and year before that, and thinks that the others can support it this year. Any one of these excuses is considered sufficient for not subscribing, and the result of course is that it is with great difficulty that the association is each year kept from dissolution, scarcely enough money being raised to pay current expenses, even though these are made as small...