Word: upkeeper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Brown expended about $4,000 a month on the upkeep of the Valfreya. The 18 men who comprised his crew earned their high pay and seldom stayed with him long. He possessed a large squirt gun which he delighted to fill with bilge water in the dead of night. Thus armed he stole upon sleeping members of his crew, inserted the tip of the gun in an ear, pressed the plunger. Two private secretaries left him after suffering this treatment. Mr. Brown crept upon a third secretary at night, clipped off his mustache without waking him, squirted...
...that polo has gained here so far has been accomplished by the men themselves. The equipment ponies with their upkeep, and the expense of a field in Dedham, have all been supplied by the team, with help from the Alumni Association...
...balance was raised through the efforts of a Graduates' Polo Committee. He reported further that 38 men had come out for polo early in the season, and that the squad had recently been cut to 20, each of whom was required to pay dues to cover expenses for the upkeep of the field used for practice at the Dedham Country Club...
What excuses for thus leaving the educational horse to eat his head off, and the upkeep of the school-barn to run along without return? The Bureau of Education found out: "The erroneous attitude of parents in considering it less serious for the younger than for the older children to miss school. . . . Trivial excuses such as 'went to town,' 'ran an errand,' 'got up late,' 'had shoes repaired...
...polo led Col. Clark to urge the members of the squad that they consider the offer of the Dedham Polo Club. By the terms of this offer the University team may use the Dedham team's field for their practice during the Fall provided that they care for the upkeep of the field. With the guarantee of money for the care of the field outdoor Fall practice becomes a surety. The release of the team from the prospect of indoor Fall practice will do much, Col. Clark promised the team, to maintain the form which the team showed last spring...