Word: absenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...They say that he passes successfully through all examinations, though the standard is very high and examinations rigid, and he is not a good scholar at all. He is said not to average three days in a week at Princeton and is in New York or Washington, and sometimes absent three weeks at a time...
...medical college building presented to the University of Vermont by Mr. John P. Howard was dedicated to its uses on Thursday, the address being delivered by the Hon. Henry Ballard. Mr. Howard is absent in California. He will transform the old medical college building into a gymnasium for the use of the students at the university...
...regular in the performance of his college duties, being seldom absent from prayers or lectures. His work, however, was done as best suited his convenience, and he was ready at all times to cast books aside that he might chat with some friends, or go out into the surrounding country for a long stroll with a few of his chosen companions...
...Dewey, the anchor of the Sophomore tug-of-war four, will be obliged to be absent from Cambridge until the day before the games. '86 take notice...
...reported that only one member of the senior class of Hamilton College is now in attendance. His fellows, owing to the unpleasantness existing between them and the faculty, are temporarily absent from the institution. But a college class composed of one person is no new thing. When Harvard College first opened its doors the entire number of students was three. Of these two were seniors, and the other was a freshman. Of juniors or sophomores there were none. We give these figures upon the authority of an emeritus Harvard professor, Dr. Holmes. In one of his occasional Harvard poems occurs...