Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speakers, C. H. Scovell, A. Black and J. D. Williams, excelled in form and analysis of the subject and their rebuttal was particularly good. For Worcester, J. T. Madden, W. E. Prince, and F. J. Rooney based their arguments on England's claim to suzerainty and her right to demand a reduction of the franchise requirements. The Freshmen showed that Great Britain had neither special rights under the conventions nor general rights in international law to interfere, and that the Transvaal was willing to make some concessions. Williams' speech in rebuttal was the best of the evening. The judges were...
Such is the condition of affairs in the Transvaal. Such are the outrages which the Uitlanders had to endure. Is it to be wondered at that England should demand redress, or to be deplored that she should ask an equitable treatment of her citizens? She demanded for the Uitlander justice. She did not demand that he be given control of the government or even an equal share in its administration, but she asked that he be given a voice in the expenditure of taxes, and that measure of protection which every civilized power grants to foreign residents within its territory...
...natives--a right promised by the Boers in the negotiations regarding the conventions. But conventions aside, England had the general right to protect her citizens, and Princeton did not deny this. The South African troubles had to be faced by England, but, in facing them, she did not demand government control. Wherever English subjects were maltreated, there harmony could never exist
...wishes to have come to see him play. But surely this is all. Harvard undergraduate organizations are not commercial in spirit, nor are they like those in a political ward. The men who deserve favors at the hands of the College are those who would be the last to demand them, especially if they knew them to be granted at the cost of most of the loyal supporters of their College. Even the New York graduates who gave the boat-house, and to whom we all feel grateful, would probably be more than content if merely put on an equal...
...demand for seats at the Yale game has been so great that there are now no $2.00 seats left on the sides of the field, the applications from old players, coaches and members of the 'Varsity team, and the applications from season ticket holders having used up all except those reserved for Yale. Graduates who apply for seats will save the management a great deal of inconvenience in returning money by asking for $1.50 seats instead of $2.00. No applications from graduates can be filled from $2.00 seats...