Word: bespoken
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...some 20,000 American legioraries paraded in Paris, only 2,000 attended official functions and only two spoke officially. Observers wondered if the 20,000 were more acutely bespoken by General Pershing and Commander Savage than they were by often-wounded Captain Jean Piot, a contributor to L'Oeuvre. Doubtless aware that a large percentage of the legionaries in Paris last week were men who had not so much as got overseas during the War, Captain Piot wrote...
Arrangements have now been completed with the railroad officials in reregard to the observation train at the Yale-Harvard boat race. In all twenty-two cars have been reserved for Yale and Harvard-the thirteen remaining cars in the train having been bespoken before the colleges made arrangements with the railroads-eleven for Harvard and eleven for Yale. The seats will cost $2.00 each, and for parties desiring a whole car the price will be $180. The tickets for the Harvard cars have not yet arrived, but when they do the greater part will be put on sale at Thurston...
...correspondent hinted in his recent communication on the subject, the Cricket Club, is in need of more substantial support from the members of the university. New grounds near Felton Hall have been bespoken, but the rent, cost of ploughing, harrowing, sodding, rolling, watering and other expenses must be defrayed. Several matches have already been arranged with the Longwood and other local clubs, and also with the University of Pennsylvania. Now, if the University of Pennsylvania sends a team to Cambridge, the Clicket Club must pay one half of their expenses, besides the cost of entertaining them in a fitting manner...
...putting new lockers in order to satisfy the ever-increasing want. All this time there are a great many lockers on the upper floor, and these are, as everyone knows, the most desirable lockers, which have been lying vacant ever since the beginning of the term. They have been bespoken by members of the university, and will undoubtedly be paid for, so that the management of the gymnasium cannot be blamed for the present state of things. The proprietors of these lockers do not occupy them themselves, they do not even take the trouble to lock them; and the result...