Word: demand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...season to criticise the management of the tennis courts, but one abuse of privilege has come to our notices, and we hope by mentioning it at once to prevent its recurrence this spring. We are informed that a few days ago, when the courts were all in demand, two outsiders watched their chance and took possession of a court. They stayed there all the afternoon, and mean while a number of Harvard men were wandering about in a vain search for a place to play. When the employee of the Tennis Association was informed of the intrusion, he not unnaturally...
...Banjo clubs will give a concert at Eliot hall, Jamaica Plain, on the evening of April 23. The Cambridge concert for the benefit of the freshman crew will be given April 28. A large number of tickets for this concert have already been sold and there is a strong demand for more. The clubs will also take part in a May day entertainment at Union hall on the first...
...Necessity of government aid. Many of the states demand better facilities for education.- Congressional Record, vol. 17, part II., pp. 1244 and 1245; Lalor's Encyclopaedia, vol. 3, p. 1009. 2, The same states unable to provide themselves with adequate means for education.- Congressional Record, vol. 17, part II., 1257, 1258, and 1259. 3. United States should supply the deficiency...
...candidates for teachers. But to be qualified to enter the examinations a man must have graduated from a normal school or have taught one year. A certificate of having passed satisfactorily in these examinations is necessary for obtaining employment as a teacher in Boston public schools. Larger cities can demand that all male teachers at least should have had some experience, but smaller ones cannot always do this...
...doubt that a widespread desire for the course will be made evident. In such a case the faculty certainly ought to take steps for offering the course among next year's elective studies. We believe that the course would be valuable in itself, that a sufficient demand for it exists, and that it would be eagerly chosen by a large number of men. We should not, however, be satisfied with the adoption of only one law course. All the courses now offered in the first year of the Law School ought to be thrown open to the seniors, at least...