Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great pity that the college is so poor that it cannot afford to found a regular course whose aim should be to train men for journalism. None of the present English composition courses answer this need for special instruction. In effect, their purpose is to give literary finish by means of careful work, and criticism. While this sort of study is of course necessary to gain a power of clear and graceful composition, yet these courses do not afford any chance for rapid off-hand writing. The system of daily theme writing, instituted in one course, is an approach toward...
...cabalistic signs, and a small mark,-the usual result of the present system. He would be able to work to advantage, for he would be working intelligently. And we are strongly inclined to believe that there is not so much spare intelligence in the college that it can afford generously to throw away a possible chance to work intelligently...
...good may come from too frequent mention in the newspapers, no one will deny. Vassar College, the pioneer college for women, is an instance where much real harm has come from a cheap newspaper notoriety due to this very fact that it was the first in the field to afford collegiate instruction for the weaker sex. How the college is suffering from the cause may be learned from the following, which an exchange prints...
...shown. For many men, it is to be feared, have fallen into the habit of dropping in on some friend who takes the Advocate, and indulging in its good things with the proverbial gusto which always accompanies stolen fruit. Seriously, it would be a disgrace that we could ill afford to suffer to have the Advocate abandoned because of a spirit of indifference-or something more-on the part of our students...
...have is far from the best. The proposed plan of the association will greatly improve both the number, and the quality of the courts. Tennis is such a popular game that nearly everyone is interested in the success of the association, and few indeed can afford to refuse their subscriptions. With the supremacy of foot ball, tennis will probably gain many supporters in the fall, and unless something were done to remedy the existing evil, complaints next year would be many and frequent. Another inducement is the hope that if we possess some excellent courts, the inter-collegiate tennis tournament...