Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question. Even for men who live in the Mississippi Valley the trip can only be the briefest. And the one or two extra days allowed by the Office is not enough to remedy the evil,--even if consistency may be admitted in assuming that western men can afford to miss a few hours instruction the omission of which would be fatal to eastern...
...becoming more and more a nation governed by legislature; therefore we need good men in politics, who can afford it. This nation has its affairs in its own hands, a position which every nation in Europe would give its life blood to reach. But until every man feels strongly that it is a part of his duty to have a hand in it, we cannot be a self-governing nation...
There are men in College who give serious thought to religious principles and men who do not. Those who do will welcome the opportunity afforded to discuss fundamental religious problems under competent leaders at the weekly meetings which are being arranged in the various dormitories. But it is to those who have not as yet thought much about the question that the discussions will be of real value. No intelligent man, whatever his creed and beliefs, can afford to be ignorant of the religious truths which have been discovered up to the present time...
...dozen men are at work completing the surface. Six inches of cinders is the foundation for the clay courts, whose surface is to be of decayed rock. Bleachers are to be erected at the north end of the field under two great willow trees which will afford ample shade for the spectators...
...second boat has much room for further development and should benefit greatly by the extensive facilities for practice which the summer quarters so adequately afford. The oarsmen have not had the advantage, which the first crew has had, of rowing together in the same order for nearly two months, shifts having been both frequent and complete. The present order given below will in all probability be permanent, and this final training should bring about a unity which will go far toward improving the form of the second eight. The boat has suffered a great misfortune at such a late date...