Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very sorry to hear of the lack of willingness on the part of a good many men to support the University crew. Many who can afford to give to the crew, not only refuse to do so, but take occasion to express dissatisfaction that after the defeats in the past few years, they should be expected to take any interest in the crew...
...from thoughtlessness. It is true that in the past few years Harvard has been unlucky and Yale has won the victories. But just because of this, there is every reason why rowing men should make greater efforts, and why the college should all the more heartily give them its support. The crew has done its part, has gone to work with a zeal and determination never shown before, but there is a disposition among some inconsiderate men, who think it their part to stand aloof and sneer at the earnest but unsuccessful efforts in the past, to refuse the money...
Three of the members of the cricket eleven are on the American team which sails for England early in the summer, and they will probably be unable to play on the college team. last year the cricket eleven received hearty and financial support from the university, and the Pennsylvanian is strongly urging the formation of a cricket association which shall take the entire management of the team...
...Amherst freshmen have subscribed $403 in support of the baseball association...
...physical work with their study to the best advantage. In the matter of attendance the record of those who take a strong interest in athletics, although not perfect, is exceedingly good, and the number of cuts resulting from the absence of men who go away with university teams to support them, surprisingly small. It is therefore no wonder that, from all that can be gleaned on the subject, the professors on the athletic committee are convinced that athletics are decidedly beneficial, instead of injurious, to the standard of scholarship in college...