Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from his more direct agricultural interests that Ray Garvey and his big family (four children, 18 grandchildren) annually reap enough of the golden crop to stagger the imagination-and he does it without bending either the letter or the spirit of the nation's farm support laws...
...evident from last Wednesday's CRIMSON that the coming year will be most crucial for the future of Harvard Athletics. For during this period the administration will decide whether to continue full support of the athletic program or whether to put a ceiling on athletic expenditures. If the latter course is adopted, such sports as wrestling, soccer, and 150-lb. crew would presumably be reduced to club status...
Breasted contended further that either the University should support all sports, or "be like European Universities and support no sports...
Recruiting, Then No Support...
Fitgzerald continued, saying that "the strange thing is that some of the guys who drove up did better than the guys who took the plane." He also wondered why the University goes out of its way to attract athletes and then refuses to support them. "It's especially hard for guys on the borderline; they do their darndest for the school, then they have to take the car," he stated...