Word: cater
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lampoon which comes out this evening is of such general interest that it is rather an exceptional number. As is only natural Lampy is apt to get into a rut and find it difficult to cater to the demands of the college public. Taken as a whole, however, the present issue is eminently successful. There is one drawback. Take-offs on college professors form part of the Lampoon's ordinary stock in trade, are usually harmless, and often true to life. The take-off in the present number is not wholly of this description and might well be suppressed...
...most of these papers are Harvard men, whose loyalty to their college should be strong enough to keep them from writing columns of wretchedly sensational stuff on every offense that is committed in the University. That the Boston papers are willing to print such ineffable twaddle in order to cater to the depraved tastes of some of their readers, is bad enough; that Harvard men should earn a living by writing these articles that are calculated to do their University lasting harm is infinitely worse...
...arguments of the last speaker. He then showed how the proposed plan would remedy the evils already pointed out, emphasizing the fact that the thought given by the President to party politics is a distraction from public duties. Make him ineligible for reelection and you remove the temptation to cater to politicians for a renomination, while in the additional two years of his term he will give the government more experienced service. The change will increase the stability and efficiency of the government...