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...President is very grateful to the students of Harvard University for their pledge of co-operation and support, and asks me to express in this informal way his appreciation of their generous and patriotic proffer of services. Sincerely yours, J. P. TUMULTY Secretary to the President

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT WILSON EXPRESSES APPRECIATION | 4/23/1917 | See Source »

...each hour of drill, and accustom the men to keeping regular time in going through the manoeuvres. When the companies are permanently organized and battalion drill begun on Soldiers Field, not only will an efficient drum corps be an absolute necessity, but the College Band will be expected to proffer its services...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/2/1898 | See Source »

...sorry," says the Nation, "to see figuring in the announcements the delusive proffer of a course in journalism. We do not say that a course in English may not be so shaped as to be of especial value to an embryo journalist; but the announcement of such a course leads some students to expect more than can be given them in the lecture-room. The proffer in question is particularly objectionable because, in the space of six weeks, the class is not only to study and practice "the art of journalism," but also "periodical literature, literary editorship, and book-making...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Innovations at the Chicago University. | 10/12/1892 | See Source »

...accept your proffer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WOMAN'S REQUIREMENTS. | 5/19/1876 | See Source »

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