Word: supporters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...expenses imposed upon the undergraduates. Any one who reads the college papers must be struck with the perennial exhortation not only to give, give, when the subscriptions are backward, but to journey in this, that or the other direction - 150 miles it may be - in order to "support" the home team on a distant field. In the case of the boat races, exhortation is necessary, but the result is the same. A greater or less number of students abandon their proper pursuits in search of excitement which is unwholesome per se, and add to their car fares and hotel bills...
...another laurel to the list of victories achieved this year by '89 over Yale. Now a word to the class. There are several members who have not yet paid up their subscriptions, which it is absolutely necessary for them to do, as the crew needs all the financial support it can get. Let them look to this immediately...
...crowd of a hundred and fifty Harvard men who, not discouraged by the disappointment of the rainy eighth of May, went down again to New Haven to support the nine, seated themselves at three o'clock on the turf near first base on Yale Field, and staid there during the game. The field was surrounded by a mass of carriages full of pretty girls adorned with blue ribbons, and every available bit of standing room in the grand-stand and behind the foullines was occupied. The Yale managers seemed indifferent as to whether the Harvard men should be seated...
...Yale News complains of lack of support of the freshman crew by their class. They also urge the crew to do everything in its power to wipe out the disgrace of the freshman game...
...varsity to-day play their first championship game with Yale. The utmost endeavors has been made to induce men to accompany the nine and lend their support at the game. We feel confident that the hard work which the team have done will inspire them to exert themselves still more at a great immergency to secure the laurels which they deserve. The accident to Allen will inspire their opponents to strain every nerve for success. But the steadiness which has come of late to characterize the play of our nine, gives us every hope for a favorable issue...