Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Maimed soldiers in the French hospitals would like to put these instruments to good service; for many of the wounded find music one of the few forms of amusement open to them; and some of the seriously disfigured are attempting to learn to play as a future means of support when they leave the hospitals. This form of charity offers an opportunity for a gift of real consequence, which necessitates no privation on the part of the giver...
...Harvard. Thus far, however, nothing has actually been accomplished beyond the drawing up of plans. Equipment and a field for practice flights are essential in order that the corps fulfill its function. With hearty encouragement promised from the United States Navy, undergraduates can aid greatly by their financial support...
...settle definitely the question of whether the coach or the captain is to select the oarsmen on the University crew. Only through the coach as the highest authority in technical matters can the greatest experience and special knowledge be brought to the helm, and a general confidence and support be restored...
...policy is not thought untimely by many undergraduates is proved by the number of men who have voluntarily endorsed the proposed change in the crew administrative system. The CRIMSON again wishes to warn against personalities entering into this subject. Coach Herrick and Captain Morgan have and deserve the solid support of all undergraduates and any change in the policy would not affect their relations this year...
...CRIMSON, however, is by far the least objectionable feature of the controversy. One would suppose that in undertaking a discussion of the merits of a question to which it attaches such importance, the CRIMSON would at least take pains to verify the facts advanced by it to support its arguments. When it states that "last year Captain Murray . . . was generally blamed by the rowing authorities for the defeat of the University crew at the hands of Yale" it makes a statement that is as unjust as it is untrue. As a matter of fact no other captain in the past...