Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...above is an attempt at a fair statement of the arguments urged by the committee in support of it's action. What do the students respond...
...Willard, Finney, Hurd, and Burgess were at variance with the general incapacity. The trouble with the Harvard men is that they are too dainty and shun the necessary exertion of playing foot ball to win. The players above named are good, but the other seven men do not properly support them. Especially Kimball, the Captain, falls below the standard of play which is expected of the leader of a Harvard University team. -[N. Y. Times...
...which Harvard has made in foot ball this fall. To the freshman eleven, the college looks for the long coveted victory over Yale. To aid in winning this victory, the class must turn out in a body to cheer the work of the team. The eleven certainly deserves the support of the class and should feel confident of obtaining it. We certainly hope that a large and enthusiastic crowd will be present tomorrow to encourage the efforts of Harvard in the first inter-collegiate contest in which '88 is to take part...
...which the political excitement of the present year has risen to a feverish height. From recent reports we learn that the staid and studious halls of Vassar have been the scenes of many noisy and turbulent partisan demonstrations. Strange to say, however, the fair politicians have not rallied in support of Belva Lock-wood, as one would most naturally suppose. The college has divided on purely party lines, one contingent arraying itself under the banner of the G. O. P., the other, and smaller, division espousing the cause of the Democracy. As we have said, the Mugwumps, or perhaps better...
...that the interest in foot ball does not decrease. Because the probability of success is not always the same, the good will, which means the active interest of the students, should not rise and fall, but should remain steady as long as the game continues to be worthy of support...