Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With this support behind them, the undergraduate members of the Athletic Union made a vigorous stand for a crew. The sentiment of the majority of the Union finally became so strong for the crew that three prominent graduate officers of the Union who had been very much opposed to having a crew handed in their resignations. Their resignations were accepted and it was then unanimously voted to have a crew...
...year. A refusal of the petition to the Corporation to allow grand stands to be erected on Holmes Field would have been, as has been pointed out before, a severe blow to the nine and to the Mott Haven Team both to their finances and to the interest and support taken in them. Neither a diamond nor a running track could be built on Soldiers Field in time for use this season and certainly very few men could be induced to attend games on the old grounds if they would be obliged to stand...
...Goodrich spoke to them about the importance of keeping up their interest in rowing. Because a man does not make his Freshman crew is no sign that he will not make his class crew or the 'Varsity another year. It is important for every one to give an enthusiastic support to the crews, if rowing is to be made successful...
...Senior class should support the Corporation in their proposition to do away with the Tree exercises, unless they can be so modified as to do away with all objectionable features. Harvard has taken the lead in abolishing many barbarisms of the past. She has dealt death blows to hazing and other forms of brutality. Why? Because Harvard men have realized that such practices are degrading, that the spirit that prompts them is meanness and cowardice. The men most eminently fitted for hazing was the "thug." Of course, there were many very admirable men that took part in hazing, but they...
...debts of the crew are gradually being cut down, but what is especially needed if the crew is to be successful is the financial support of the class...