Word: furnishes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...selection as is contained in this volume. As the name implies, the work is modelled after Palgrave's well-known collection of English verse. Of course it can not be considered such a literary gem as the older book, for the poetry of a new country like ours cannot furnish such a field for selection as that of an older nation. It will, however, serve as a basis of comparison by which American verse may be judged. It is inevitable that many readers will find favorite poems omitted but as a whole the work of a compiler will be found...
...intercourse. I mean that when a football meeting is held it will be held at the University Club and any man who wants to see any of the football men will go there. Then again if the University wants to express its opinion on any subject this club will furnish a place where all who are interested in University matters can get together to voice that opinion...
...Chess Club of Berkeley University, California, to play a consultation game of chess. The executive committee are considering the proposition favorably. In case the challenge is accepted three men will play for each club and the moves will be made by telegraph. A San Francisco newspaper has volunteered to furnish the telegraph for the match...
...object of the club in taking this house was to furnish a place where the younger graduates mignt be comfortably taken care of and enjoy the company of the older men. It will also be a convenient headquarters for Yale men in other sections of the country who come to New York on business or to witness athletic contests...
...affair is also calculated to furnish a significant object lesson to new students. Incoming classes will do well to remember, that in obtaining for themselves the privileges of a course in Harvard University, they voluntarily become members of a society whose good name must necessarily be affected by their individual acts, and that every principle of good breeding, or rather of common decency demands that they jealously guard the reputation of the institution to which they owe so much...