Word: spending
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hard students, especially those who spend almost all of their time on matter which pertains entirely to the courses they have in hand, are dubbed at all colleges either "grinds," "digs," or "grubs," and to be called such is not unusually considered a mark of flattery. The expressions for a bad recitation very at different colleges; "fizzle," "flunk," "clump," and "smash" are the most common. The contemptible act of a student who endeavors to ingratiate himself with an instructor by his seeming interest in lessons and officious civilities, now known as "toadying," was formerly called "fishing." The words "cram...
...unusually large number of students are planning to spend their vacations in Europe. A number will study abroad for a year...
...best local players, among them such veterans as Ross and Davis of the Somervilles. Everyone in college who has seen a lacrosse match does not have to be urged to go to see as good a one as this, while one who has not seen a match can spend his time no better than by going to the game to-day. It ought not to be necessary to urge the college to support a team which wins such honor for it, but every man ought to feel it a duty to go out to-day, and pay as his subscription...
...dreary compositions written by the great majority of candidates for admission to college were correct in spelling, intelligent in punctuation, and unexceptionable in grammar, there would be some compensation; but this is so far from being the case that the instructors of English in American colleges have to spend much of their time and strength in teaching the A B C of their mother tongue to young men of 20-work disagreeable in itself, and often barren of result. Every year Harvard graduates a certain number of men-some of them high scholars-whose manuscript would disgrace...
...Moore of the fine art department will spend the coming year in Europe. Mr. Walker will supply his place...