Word: offered
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Such being the case, two alternatives were open, - the class might definitely abandon all plans for any celebration whatever; or they might endeavor to reorganize themselves in a new way, and to offer to their friends some sort of entertainment which should take the place of the regular Class Day exercises of past years...
...rash and inconsiderate Argus, having ventured a "churlish criticism" of the Beacon, has been completely annihilated in half a column of simile, seriousness, and sarcasm. We, therefore, profiting by such an example, simply offer our congratulations to the Beacon for its peculiarly elevated style and tone. May we suggest, however, that it is not universally acknowledged that the line "Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow," is by Shakespeare. Some persons contend that it is the first line of a lost work, "The Traveller," by an obscure poet named Goldsmith. We are in perfect sympathy with the Beacon, and only doubt whether...
...writer merely states his case, but we suppose that he will offer some (he cannot offer sufficient) proof for his statements in the subsequent letters he has promised to write...
...response to this offer when first made was so feeble (seven only complying with it) that it was not thought advisable to carry out the plan. But should a sufficient number apply to make this worth while, there would be opened to the students who take the Fine Arts Electives some advantages that ought not to be rejected...
...view of the contests of the Athletic Association in the Gymnasium to-morrow, and the two following Saturdays, we offer a slight sketch of the history of the Association, and a few remarks upon it. The first athletic meeting ever held at Harvard was a private affair, got up by a few members of the class of '74, with Mr. Benj. Curtis at their head, in June of that year. This led to a regularly organized association, which met on Jarvis Field in October of 1874, under the auspices of the then Senior class. The great interest shown...