Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...money and with them rests in a great measure the successful issue of the plan. A committee of three has been appointed to canvass the alumni of the college for subscriptions. According to all accounts the alumni who have so far been seen have given their hearty support to the plan verbally, but it yet remains to be seen what they will do financially. There is no doubt that Columbia needs a gymnasium of her own in the worst way, as she is entirely dependent upon a preparatory school close by for the means with which to train her crews...
...There are many special athletic exercises, such as boxing, fencing, dancing, good in themselves, which, nevertheless, are not sufficiently general to justify maitenance of teachers at the expense of the college. College athletics are, at best, merely a means for better intellectual work, and as such should receive the support of the university. The support is amply given, in the employment of Doctor Sargent and Mr. Lathrop. The additional employment of a special instructor in boxing is thus unnecessary for purposes of general exercise, and would simply establish a precedent for the employment of a host of instructors in similar...
...report of the treasurer of the 'Varsity Boat Club shows an extraordinary deficit in the subscriptions from the freshmen. It has been an unwritten custom amounting almost to a law, that the members of the freshman class shall contribute, as a class, more than their share toward the support of the various university teams. This custom has arisen from a variety of reasons. The reason which at once accurs to all is, that the freshmen are not as yet members of any society, and are therefore saved all society expenses. It is answered that they have their own teams...
...financial report of the University Boat Club, published in our issue of yesterday, was interesting reading to the college at large. No one of our athletic teams is more worthy of generous support from undergraduates than the 'Varsity Crew. In no other sport are the college representatives so hampered by lack of necessary funds. A determined effort is now being made by the officers of the club to pay off the debt which has so long been hanging over it, and this attempt should meet with hearty co-operation on the part of the students. The present management is able...
...long connection of Professor Dunbar with the Boston Advertiser, as well as the strong support which Harvard and Harvard men have given to this paper, renders an apology unnecessary for reference on our part to the present change in management and ownership. Henry Cabot Lodge, well known to us as a Harvard graduate and former instructor, as well as a politician and writer, has purchased a large interest in the Advertiser, and will hence-forth, presumedly, have much to do in shaping its policy. We can but congratulate Professor Dunbar as he retires, and the college at large...