Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...however, by the Union Boat Club, whereby the bridge will be so constructed that it will injure the present course in no material way. And so rather than a hindrance the new bridge will prove a real benefit, even to the boating interests of Harvard. For will it not afford increased opportunities to the spectators at the races...
...style, reading is but one. Desultory reading, if care is not exercised, will almost invariably induce a looseness of handling in writing and a lack of distinct expression. A close study of the very first masters of English prose is, perhaps, the only means open to students who cannot afford to gain the cultivation offered by the composition courses. Even among standard authors a choice should be made. This is a point, however, which each student must exercise his individual taste. But upon his taste will depend, almost invariably, the character of his style...
...contributor to a recent number of the Yale News advocates that a congress be established at that college. Such a congress would, in general, afford very much the same opportunities for debate and discussion that Harvard men now enjoy in the Union. This proposal which is made at Yale is but one of the many with which our college papers all over the country are filled. To-day there seems to be a sort of fever in our American colleges for starting congresses, houses of commons, and the like. The formation of such debating societies, which shall keep the students...
...creditable, such poems are worth writing and publishing. We believe that to-day the poems in college papere are among the most attractive features, and do not expect than any but such severe critics as Mr Howells can wish the young writers checked in their writing. No art can afford to be without an apprenticeship...
...much gratified at the action of the Conference Committee, in recommending that seniors be allowed to take at the Law School a course which shall count for the degree of A. B. The courses at this school, as is well known, are such as to afford most excellent training, apart from any value they may have in giving information. So the senior who we hope, may, in future elect some course in law, will not only get as good mental drill as is given by many of the regular college studies, but he will get knowledge which will be most...