Word: self-support
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...CRIMSON wishes once more to emphasize the necessity for some radical changes in the method of financing our teams. At the time of the publication of the report of the Graduate Treasurer of Athletics we stated that from the figures of the report it is very evident that the self-support rule for minor teams is practically a dead letter; but that its evil effects are still as great as ever. We are thoroughly tired of being dunned for subscriptions, when the Athletic Association has an enormous yearly surplus beyond the reach of the minor managers. No one will attempt...
...study of social conditions, especially of children. For five years, beginning with 1890, he spent his summers in Fresh Air Fund work for children, taking from 200 to 300 boys and girls each year to Freeville, New York. In the summer of 1894 he tried certain principles of self-support and self-government for children with so much success that it was decided to carry on the summer work in the future on these principles. In September, 1895, five boys remained with Mr. George and the Republic began its permanent work...
...branch of work known as the Department of Self-help has just been started under the direction of Mr. Kitchel of the Greek Department. The object is to aid students in finding means of self-support while in College...
...With Porto Rico included within our customs boundary, her industrial development will be assured; with industrial development will come employment; with employment the means to buy food and the opportunity of self-support. Porto Rico will flourish and prosper, only when you assure relief for the suffering, capital for the crippled industries and a stability of government. There is one way, and only one, of securing these benefits to Porto Rico; include Porto Rico within the customs boundary of the United States...
...death of Mr. Hudson, the great Shaksperian scholar, brings before us forcibly the story of his life. From it we may learn what determination can do. A common workman at twenty two, fitting himself for college in nine months, graduating after a long struggle at self-support, becoming almost at once a famous critic and an authority in his favorite study. What a lesson his life teaches. The death of such a man cannot pass without remark and honor. We owe to his memory at least a word of appreciation, for he has left to us in his life...