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...management of the University Crew has started out in an admirable manner to collect subscriptions. The old method, which was a bore to everyone, of apportioning each building to some one or two men is not being carried out; but instead, a great number of men have been chosen, each of whom is to see a small group of his friends. This way of getting money ought to succeed better than the ordinary way. Men have naturally become tired of having visitors armed with subscription papers appear at all manner of times at their rooms...
...last moment; but there is no excuse for anyone's being in such a position as to have to yield to the demand that was made. Moreover, the provisions for taking tickets at the gate were so inadequate that almost no attempt was made in the first rush to collect them, and consequently many tickets were resold. The rush could have been alleviated by better arrangements, especially by stipulating that no game should be played in the morning. It seems to have been the crowd from the morning game that made much of the confusion at the gates. The responsibility...
...procession began to collect in front of Beck Hall at about half past seven. A good sized drum corps and a number of fifers turned out; they were soon joined by men with torches and by eight o'clock there was a splendid crowd assembled to greet the team. Up it drove on a tally-ho coach amid showers of sparks from Roman candles and cheers from the crowd. The procession then lined up, headed by Fairbank, L. S., and Boardman's band. The fife and drum corps followed, headed by Carpenter, L. S.; after them the coach with...
...winners of cups at the '90 spring meetings of the H. A. A. will kindly collect cups as soon as possible from C. H. Thurston...
...cannot collect the whole $200,000 here in college, but let us not be willing that any small sum should represent the measure of our interest in it. If we can get twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars pledged by college students or through them we shall have an argument which, backed by the strong statements of the Overseers'Committee, the President and the Librarian in their recent reports, will carry conviction to the hearts of our generous alumni better than any words we can put on paper...