Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...sports were combined with one H. A. A. ticket admitting to everything, including all Yale and Princeton games, and the price of the ticket made so low as to be within reach of all, and regarded as each man's share or contribution for sport and permanent improvement rather than as an admittance ticket, an improved athletic situation could hardly fail to result...
...cost of seeing the intercollegiate games played in Cambridge is at present an excessive burden on undergraduates. Four or five years ago, an H. A. A. ticket at $5 admitted to practically everything but the Yale football game: then the Yale baseball game was made an additional charge at a high price; then the minor teams were thrown on their own resources and began to charge where most of them had not before, then the H. A. A. ticket was abolished entirely and all sports charged separately at a much greater aggregate cost. Subscriptions have continued as an additional...
...solution of the financial problem could in my opinion be found in this way: (1) sell to members of the University, for $5, or less if possible, an H. A. A. ticket admitting to all home games in every sport major and minor; (2) abolish subscriptions, except for class teams, and leave managers and candidates for managerships free for the legitimate work of their positions, getting men out and looking after the general needs of the teams; (3) support all teams which the Athletic Committee allows to represent the University from a common fund, accruing from gate receipts and ticket...
...measures I have outlined would, I am confident, reduce the total cost of our sports and the cost to each man, distribute the necessary cost equitably, give all teams a fair chance, and greatly increase the number of participants. The reduction in ticket prices might be offset by the greater number that would probably be sold; if so, all surplus money for a number of years could be spent for needed improvements; if not, a reduced surplus would mean making those improvements more gradually, and less basis for the charge of commercialism in our sports. J. M. GROVES...
...CERCLE FRANCAIS LECTURES. VI. "L'influence de I'Etat et celle des mouvements de la population sur le prix du travail." M. le vicomte Georges d'Avenel. Sanders Theatre, 4.30 P. M. Admission by ticket until five minutes before the beginning of the lecture; after that time open to the public...