Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Williams College has already subscribed $1,200 for the support of her ball nine next season...
...brought in opposition to the plan are the additional labor incurred by the examiner, and lack of precedent. Although not half the men in the course had a chance to sign on account of the haste with which the petition was put through, it is affirmed that all heartily support the plan. It is certainly to be hoped that the faculty will decide to grant what seems like a very reasonable request...
...were struggling to attain a college degree, without sufficient means to accomplish their purpose, and he was ever ready to give any assistance in his power to such students. A fund of $20,000 was given by him to Phillips Academy for the purpose of founding scholarships for the support of the poorer students...
...House of Commons, and party spirit runs high in the universities. According to the Oxford Review, which speaks mainly on the subject, the two members of the university will surely be Conservative. Nevertheless, a rather amusing fight is going on. The various debating societies are now offering resolutions in support of Lord Salisbury's ministry, and the undergraduate politicians are exercising their oratorical powers in mimic Parliamentary contests. One man, who signs himself "Conservative," writes in the Review a vigorous appeal to all holders of sound political opinions to try to influence by direct arguments the wayward followers...
...which amount only $4,000 has been subscribed up to date. The house at present occupied by the school at Athens is not adequate for its purposes, although an exhorbitant rent is paid. Besides this expense of over $1,000, the several colleges are obliged to support the directors of the institution. The plan now is to raise a fund sufficiently large to support a permanent directorship at the school...