Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...grow it has been found necessary to lay the subway dirt underneath the ground that is already there. This, however, has become so salty on account of the marsh that even after it is built up, it will have to lie fallow for a year or two to allow the salt to wash out. It will then be seeded and when the grass has taken firm root the field will be ready...
...University Catalogue, there is none to be awarded simply for the best piece of English composition in prose or verse with no other qualification. The Monthly has offered two such prizes--one for the best poem submitted, the other for the best piece of prose composition. These conditions allow the budding author to express his thoughts in any form which they may take, so giving free rein to the writer's individuality. In this respect the Monthly's prizes have a new and distinct function, and should prove a real factor in stimulating undergraduate literary activity...
...according to the Catalogue, the vacation does not properly begin until Monday, and by that time all except the far-westerners will be at home. As a matter of fact no one can logically deny that the work of this term ends tomorrow, and it is grossly unfair to allow the Massachusetts men to begin their enjoyment at that time, while the rest are still in the throes of sleeping car inconveniences...
...understood that the Athletic Committee does not intend to allow the track team to go to Virginia during the spring recess. This is a misfortune, as the team needs every bit of available practice before the important spring meets...
...that the tennis courts are again in use, a question which must often have occurred to many men is being asked again: Why not allow the courts to be used on Sunday? One cannot doubt that such a privilege would be appreciated by those who do not have enough leisure to take the exercise that they need on other days of the week. To be convinced of the great popularity of tennis here, one has only to visit the courts on any fair afternoon, when he will find every court in use and men waiting for a chance to play...