Word: supporters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wooden college." when at commencement "Ye General Court of ye Massachusetts Colony did sit down at meat with ye lads to encourage them." In those primitive days the corporation treasury rolled in a maze of "pecks of wheat" and "mellow apples," paid by the people for the support of learning. Those were the halcyon days when the alma mater was herself sustained by milk from "ye udders of certain notable fat cattle...
...speak concerning the honorable place that '85 has made. No class has been more patriotic in regard to matters pertaining to the college; no class on the whole has left a better record behind it. In athletics, '85 has been especially prominent, and every college team has received its support. In scholarship it has taken a high rank, and each of the papers can bear witness to the ability and earnest work of the senior boards...
...which to celebrate, and to express to the nine the gratification which the college feels towards it for its efforts in bringing to Cambridge the pennant which has so long graced the grounds of our old-time rivals? First of all, let every man attend the game and support the nine in a manner befitting its deserts, and when the game is finished and the victory ours, let there go up from old Holmes a shout which will show that Harvard "spirit" is not yet dead. But one word,- let not a sound escape at an opponent's error...
...seems that the freshmen who subscribed so liberally to the support of their nine have not been found so prompt in paying their subscriptions. It is a great burden to a class to have debts dragging on from year to year, and the freshmen will assume this burden unless they give what money they promised to give. The amount unpaid, we understand, is amply sufficient to settle all outstanding bills, and the management of the nine has a right to rely upon its payment. Every freshman who has not paid his subscription should make it a point of honor...
...weight on stretcher soon enough; swings away from his oar badly; pulls his weight when he covers his blade. 6: catches lightly and does not cover blade soon enough; begins to take blade out too soon; swings back too far; is a hard worker. 7: does not support stroke, but that is hard to do because stroke is unsteady: catches behind; lets up on pressure at finish; drops hands on full reach; slumps at finish; rows more smoothly than any man in the boat. Stroke: unsteady; over-reaches with body and does not slide up far enough; has bad swing...