Word: poring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annuals begin about June 1 and last for about 15 days. Some time before the first faculty reception takes place, a program of the different days, classes and subjects is arranged and published. It is not a pretentious document, but it is very interesting to its readers. They pore over the lists and make their arrangements for the cramming process which most students believe is essential to success. Recitations cease a day or two before the first annual, and the intervening days are devoted in most cases to hard study. Cramming, as this pre-examination study is almost universally called...
...stopped and an aged lady entered, the young men sat unmoved, which was evidently noticed by the president, who, quickly arising with a polite bow, gave up his seat and took a position on the platform. The incident carries a lesson with it to unconscious young men who pore over Greek and give up seven-eights of their time to athletic sports...
...PORE.) You, I'm sure
...PORE. I teach the Freshmen German, good Miss Maud...
...show her fondness for "bright Tutor Pore...