Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...demand for seats for Miss Maude Adams's performance of "Joan of Arc" in the Stadium on June 22 has been so great that two extra sections have been added and the tickets will be put on public sale at the Colonial Theatre this morning at 8 o'clock. The addition of these two sections will bring the seating capacity up to a total of 15,000, making it the largest audience that has ever withnessed a single theatrical performance in this country...
...while the sale of H. A. A. tickets alone brought in more than $10,000. The deficiency resulting from the complete abolition of collections could be made up in more ways than one. The most feasible would probably be raising the price of H. A. A. tickets. As the demand for them is pretty constant, and advance of from $3 to $5 would probably not result in a greatly decreased sale. Even this problematical decrease could be met by having the tickets admit to games in other sports than football, baseball and track. Since the amount taken up in gate...
...hundred and fifty men: About fifteen men report on it and of these some favor, some regret it. The editorial comment of the Illustrated asking the teachers "to do their best" made a deep impression on me. I asked myself: What can I do to live up to the demand of the Senior who wrote about the course "nothing to it," and the other who wrote "slept most of the time"? Two ways are wide open. Either I make the course so difficult in the first few weeks that only those who have a scholarly interest in psychology will take...
...demand for such a variety of mitts and gloves, in all styles and shapes, in different materials and at different prices to meet varied requirements has resulted in making the Reach lines the standard of the world...
...committee of graduates and undergraduates to investigate the question." The Illustrated, armed with plans drawn up by a firm of Boston architects, suggests that the undergraduates, by starting subscriptions, launch a movement that will soon get the support of the graduates. Both ideas are alike in that they demand prompt action on the matter. With this view we heartily agree, for the members of the University have put up with the present antiquated facilities long enough...