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...wages for cook and help, $153.- 80 may at first seem a large sum; but when one considers the importance of the cook's position, he practically has the success of the crew in his hands, one would naturally expect that high wages should be paid for a short term of service. It may be well to add that "help" signifies three assistants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 1/11/1888 | See Source »

...there seems to be but one item in the treasurer's report which could be really called extravagant. I mean the one for uniforms. These, of course, are unimportant, except in keeping up the esprit de corpo of the crew. I cannot help feeling, however, that the college would be loath to send its crew to New London without them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 1/11/1888 | See Source »

...There is no reason why the debt can not be paid off if men will subscribe, but it is absolutely necessary that everyone should give something. Last year subscriptions fell off largely. If we have to pay off the debt and start square next fall every man must help...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew. | 1/7/1888 | See Source »

...running our eyes over the expense account we find items of $693.48 for wages, and $153.80 for cook and help, each of which appear to us very high indeed. We should have to see an itemized account before saying more about the large sum of $693.48 for wages. As for the $195.01 spent for an engineer, there can be little room for question that this is extravagant pay for three weeks services in New London. The account of two years ago was $115.75 for catering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/7/1888 | See Source »

...pitcher, Harvard does, but Harvard is waiting for the pitcher to come all developed. Yale is bringing out the raw material and developing it. In the Mott Haven team, Yale has been bringing out the strength of the freshman class and has already some good athletes who promise to help bring the cup if Harvard does not arise and work. Nothing comes without work, so either the various teams must commence to practice or the good resolutions of the new year will come to naught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 1/4/1888 | See Source »