Word: spending
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...result of the many and insistent complaints against the poor English written by college men, the Overseers of Harvard decided to carry on an investigation. William R. Castle, Jr., '00, formerly Assistant Dean, was appointed to spend this year in a study of causes and possible remedies...
...places his faith in the altruism of human nature, must receive a severe shock upon noting the selfishness of succeeding Senior classes. For three men to compile and edit the Class Album is an exacting and difficult task; and the failure of many of those who elected them to spend the half hour's time necessary for having their pictures taken and filling out their lives is not encouraging...
...business managers have tried to solve various problems; to train him in scientific methods of investigating and interpreting business facts; and then to send him into actual business as an employee. The Harvard School expects its graduates to begin their active business experience as subordinates. It expects them to spend some time--a few years--in mastering the routine, the personnel, the organization, markets, and finance of the particular business that they enter. But it sends every graduate into this practical experience equipped with a knowledge of business principles and mechanisms that will make him understand from the start...
...close of their college course, many men wait a year before entering a graduate school or a permanent profession. They spend this interval by teaching in some preparatory school or by travelling. If a man should accept a position in the Far East he would not only do the teaching he desired but he would also see that interesting portion of the world. He would return with a far broader mind and much more experience than the average teacher at his age, and he would be more cognizant of the world's affairs than the average globe trotter. This whole...
...first and second University crews will spend a week at Annapolis during the spring recess, racing the Navy crew at the end of that time. Beside this race there will be the races with Cornell on the Charles River Basin and with Yale at New London...