Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: "Resolved, That the principles of the A. P. A. deserve the support of American citizens...
...strongest eleven of the season, our victory over Pennsylvania last year, and the fine playing of the team in the Yale game had led us all to expect a different outcome. But all we can do is to accept the defeat cheerfully and keep up a loyal spirit, and support the eleven next year even more heartily than this year. We cannot be too grateful to Captain Emmons, Dr. Brooks, Mr. Deland, Lewis, and the other coaches for their untiring efforts this year. They have done their best and that has been wonderfully well. The team...
...conclusively her superiority over Princeton, will have double significance. It is unfortunate that Philadelphia is too far away for the students to attend in a body, but we hope that all Harvard men who can possibly do so will go down and help give the eleven the kind of support it deserves...
Realizing perfectly that the impulse of the reader who comes upon the words "loyal support of the eleven" is to toss his paper aside with some such remark as "the same old drool," we nevertheless once more venture a few words on the subject...
...called to fight with an indescribable "gone" feeling. Any one who knows anything of human nature, let alone athletics, knows that it is at this moment that whip and spur are needed. A stirring cheer may change the result of the game. We honestly believe that half-hearted support of athletic teams on the field may do quite as much as defeats toward giving the Harvard man the reputation of being a quitter...