Word: spending
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...pleasant to anticipate the advantages which the machine will confer upon instructors, and the great relief it will afford them. No longer will it be necessary for the conscientious Professor to spend the Christmas vacation in examining blue books, exhausting his energies in the vain endeavor to decide whether a book is entitled to 39 or 40 per cent, a question quite beyond the skill "even of a Professor of Harvard College." And the conscience of the unconscientious instructor, who will not trouble himself with an examination of the books, flattering himself that he has an intuitive perception...
...half as rapidly as others, and who, also, lacking conciseness in expressing themselves, are unable to write the whole paper in an hour, though they may have a perfect knowledge of the subject. Then, too, in hurrying through a paper with all his might, one feels that he cannot spend any time to write his answers with care, for he knows that no allowance will be made for the work left undone, and as marks are the representatives of one's knowledge of a subject, he is anxious of course to obtain as high a mark as possible by leaving...
...afternoon (9 to 12 A. M. and 1 to 5 P. M.). Its agony during these spasms was heart-rending. I was obliged to leave my room in the possession of the goodies and the sound. I now led a luxurious life for a while, as I could spend every evening except Thursday in my room...
...deliver a lecture, for the benefit of only a small portion of the regular division, especially when the temperature of the room is such that an overcoat is decidedly comfortable. Nothing begins in earnest until Monday; those who do come back do not think of doing any work, but spend their time in grumbling at having to come back before the week is out, and in regretting that they have come back. We hope that the powers that be will consider this matter again, and see whether they think the small amount of gain worth what it costs...
...says there's no reason why Quiet, whom no one ever notices, should n't enjoy college; and we have a great many cliques, and very narrow ones. In each class there are one or two swell cliques, devoted to lawn-tennis and clothes; an athletic set, who spend hours in exercise of various sorts, and the rest of their time in feeling each other's muscles, and reading the "Spirit of the Times"; a studious crowd, to which no man is admitted whose average is n't over 85 per cent, and whose members think they know more than...