Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...question of having an annual dinner for each of the four classes had been often discussed in former years, and it seemed to be a common opinion that freshman and sophomore dinners would detract from the junior dinner and that there would not then be a very enthusiastic support of any class dinner. If this is true it is to be deplored, for it shows how great has been the decay of class spirit here. If it is not true then it would be an excellent thing to substitute a regular annual dinner for the three upper classes...
...What better way to open an athletic season than to have a meeting in Sanders and create enthusiasm by speeches by graduates and undergraduates? An editorial in a college paper is a good thing but an enthusiastic meeting before a big game would do more to make the College support their team and Alma Mater than an editorial in a college paper every day for a year...
...next time with more unflagging perseverance and a deeper determination. Yet victory is better than the most honorable defeat. Do not adopt the theory that it really doesn't matter whether we win or lose, for it does matter and it rests with all to neglect no detail, to support the captain heart and soul so that the team may line up hereafter with the spirit of "win we must and will...
...crew is considerably embarrassed financially this year, and the class has not hitherto given them the necessary support. The expenses this year will be very small, but the crew still owes several hundred dollars from debts incurred in the freshman year. This money must be paid before the crew goes to the training table. The class should feel responsible for this debt and should hand in their subscriptions immediately to the men who are collecting...
...regretted that not enough interest is shown by the students in regard to the daily practice, and that some men who might be useful as candidates feel no sense of duty about coming out to do their share toward improving the teams. Both captains asked for a hearty support from the University and expressed their confidence of turning out winning teams if this were given. Great enthusiasm prevailed during these speeches and the speakers were cheered again and again...