Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...given to follow the training of the crew. We believe that this change in policy will prove a great benefit to Harvard's rowing interests. A spirit of reluctant acquiescence in a policy of secrecy might in time be cultivated, but would never lead to that whole-hearted support of a crew which is almost essential to its success...
Continuation of the present secret practice may result in a greater discontent which it would be impossible to check. If it is given up, we are sure that there will be no lack of confidence or support in the future...
...Yale News finds occasion for complaint in the lack of support given to the Mott Haven team this year. "Seldom has a Yale athletic team been so severely handicapped by having but a small number of candidates as has the present Mott Haven squad up to this time. Few of the old men have reported, and with the exception of some freshmen, scarcely a new man with any experience has attended the daily practice at the gymnasium. Yale's comparatively recent advance in this branch of athletics is due almost entirely to the faithful work of her teams and coaches...
...instruction and research? It is the most comprehensive object for which money can be given to a university; for the Library is needed by every teacher and student no matter what his department. A well organized effort to raise a large fund for this purpose would have the eager support of every member of the University staff, and of every graduate and friend of the University who loves reading, or who understands how indispensable great collections of books are to the steady advancement of learning and the orderly progress of civilized society...
...immeasurable, but should the fact that many of her sons have done so much to prove their devotion lessen the sense of obligation which every one of them should feel? It seems as though the enlargement of the Library was a cause which was most suitable for the combined support of all the graduates. We know if a definite appeal for this help is made, the new Alumni Weekly will carry it to them as urgently and keep it before them as constantly as it will be in its power...