Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...committee in charge believes that the income from the fund should be used for a teacher of less rank than a full professor. The Reverend Frothingham '86 hopes "that the fund may receive accretions in the days to come so that eventually it will be of sufficient dimensions to support a full professorship...
...addition to the two machine guns which have been presented to the corps, a third gun of the same type has been procured through the activity of P. P. Gould of Company A. With the support of a large subscription from the first battalion it was possible to obtain from the Colt Company a weapon of the model of 1917. This gun was tried out on the range yesterday afternoon at 300 yards and proved to be entirely suitable. Before the companies leave Wakefield each man will have received instruction in the assembling and dissembling, the loading, firing and practical...
Following up the practical instruction in trench construction which has been given at Fresh Pond by the French officers during the week, Major Azan, assisted by Professor Merriman, lectured to the Corps last night on "Practical Application of the Principles of Trench Construction." The general theory of support and communication trenches was taken up, and certain problems of construction were dealt with in detail...
...that the Liberty Loan is fully launched, the question of individual responsibility confronts each one of us. The great financial and industrial organizations of the country have subscribed millions of dollars without hesitation, recognizing a duty which they would not avoid. But the extent of their support is limited. They have another obligation, quite as real, that they should keep the channels of business and banking open for the use of the nation...
...clear that without the support of the entire American people, the Liberty Loan may fail. Gradually, through the press of the country and other mediums, this truth is being established in the minds of thoughtful men and women. The question to decide, therefore, is not so much an academic discussion of responsibility, as "Do I want the Liberty Loan to succeed?" Few individuals who profess the title of Americans would answer anything but "Yes," and the only honest yes, when it is possible, means actual, material contributions...