Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...difficulty in seeing it." "It is a curious fact," however, that men don't seem to see it. Let a student make a jolly night of it, and on his way home levy a loan on a signboard, and all the patrons of the free lunch counter will demand to be led to the charge. ... While every man has a right to practise total abstinence if he wishes, he has no right to impose it upon another man who is cognizant of his ability to use wine with moderation. This principle holds with man everywhere, in college and out. - Amherst...
...repeat the ballads which have existed orally during so many years : but the number of these is on the wane. Many of the old songs are irrevocably lost; but it is not too late with diligence and care to accomplish much. Correctness, morever, is essential; and there is great demand for tact and patience. Any attempts at alteration will render a ballad utterly worthless for all critical purposes : the literary merit is not a question at issue. Note, too, that the burden or refrain should always be retained. To conclude, the enterprise calls for painstaking inquiry on the part...
...system of ventilation, and its commodious recitation rooms, supplies a long-felt want. The Zoological Museum also, has been largely added to, and its sphere of usefulness has been proportionately increased. The Yard and the buildings in it have all been more or less improved, and the long-continued demand for plank walks has been at last partially granted. The Faculty, in its attitude towards undergraduates, has given renewed evidence of its often-expressed policy of liberality. More freedom is allowed to the students in voluntary attendance at recitations, and even the Freshman class is granted some latitude...
...horse, and he demandeth of the maiden whether she be yet free from the bonds of the school-mistress, and lo, the maiden is abashed, and the young man rejoiceth, and shouteth "Ha! ha!" and verily the day feels warmer, and he followeth up the attack with a demand to know the name of her instructress in Sunday School, and if this be the first time that she hath disported herself in the giddy dance at the house of one that is known unto her; and lo, the scoffs of the maiden are as a broken reed, and the young...
...OEdipus Tyrannus in Sanders Theatre next spring. The University has reason to be proud of the energy and zeal which those immediately interested in it are displaying, and any one who is called upon should not hesitate to second their endeavors. Thus, the training of the chorus will demand some sacrifices on the part of the Glee Club, from which the fifteen of the chorus will presumably be chosen; but they should be glad to forego some of their concerts, if necessary, in order to render this undertaking a success. It will be impossible to produce the play before next...