Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There has been some complaint in the past that poor students are unable to afford admission to the baseball games. The baseball management wish to make it possible for every student of Harvard to witness the games and have therefore decided to sell a student's season ticket for $2.50. This ticket will be sold only to students and will be non-transferable and will entitle the holder to admission to the games and nothing more. The management have always felt justified in reserving as many seats as possible for the important games. The demands for these reserved seats comes...
...ware. The majority decided upon the smaller ones and these mementos will probably prove to be more satisfactory than any others which could have been purchased for the same amount of money. Ninety-two had such a large surplus at the end of the season that she could well afford to give suitable mementos to the victorious team. The names of the men who are to receive cups are Curtis, Newell, Baker, Allen, Travis, Heard, Hunt, Cranston, Harding, Dennison, Lee, Wadsworth, Forbes and Smith...
...country thus acquired would afford desirable homes for immigrants.- Contemporary Review, 42, 218-236; Westminster Review...
...very sorry to hear of the lack of willingness on the part of a good many men to support the University crew. Many who can afford to give to the crew, not only refuse to do so, but take occasion to express dissatisfaction that after the defeats in the past few years, they should be expected to take any interest in the crew...
...will, doubtless, be of the same entertaining and instructive nature which has marked the two previous lectures of the course. The views which will be shown are of so varied a character that no student at all interested in the art or history of ancient or modern Rome can afford to miss this lecture...