Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...call for subscriptions for a Harvard swimming tank in the new Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium will, we feel sure, meet with the hearty commendation and support of the students and officers of the University. This affords one of those chances to give, where a great number of individuals, each by contributing a little, may leave a worthy monument of their goodwill...
...clever sleight-of-hand tricks by S. B. Blodgett. Following this came the serious question of the evening--the Senior dormitories. L. Withington, in outlining the plans, said that President Lowell and Dean Hurlbut were more than willing to entrust its solution to the class, provided sufficient enthusiasm and support were manifested. A committee representative of every interest in the class will be appointed and will welcome suggestions and advice on the subject. The present method of assignment by lot of not more than four rooms will be replaced by the new system, which will enable a group of form...
...futile to expect the coaches to turn out a winning Freshman crew without the support of the class. Therefore, all men of suitable build should report to them without delay, and it is, moreover, essential that they report regularly and promptly at the times assigned...
...extraordinary rise of new colleges and universities throughout the west, many of them enjoying state support, has naturally prevented any large increase of patronage from that section in the older eastern institutions. If Harvard as a whole is to strengthen her hold on all parts of the country, and to draw more students from foreign lands, she must keep a little ahead of her competitors. For the existence of a friendly competition among the "societies of scholars" is not to be deplored and to be at the head is an honor not to be despised...
...evident as a consequence of this handicap that it is doubly incumbent on members of the University interested in debating to come heartily to its support at the present time. The coaches for the teams have done their part by allowing eleven days time between the announcement of the question and the first trials. It is for the undergraduates in their turn to enter into the trials in as great numbers and enthusiasm as if the question had been announced after the beginning of the new half-year...