Word: spent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...keen as in any other sport. The dinner which was tendered the visiting team last night denotes a spirit of friendship which always adds to the pleasure of a successful trip, and the pop of the champagne cork undoubtedly did much to recall the experiences of a pleasantly spent afternoon...
...remedied by means of four hydraulic rams which will move the floor at the rate of a foot per minute. The observatory has been provided with the best and most perfect astronomical instruments, including a spectroscope having a prismatic field of thirteen feet. More than $600,000 have been spent and only $100,000 remain of the original fund. The expenses for repairs and salaries will be about $50.000 annually, which will be a heavy drain on the resources of the university. A few days ago two moons of Mars, with diameters of only thirty miles, were plainly seen...
...article in an entirely different vein is "An August Dream." This is a pleasant story of summer life at Lake George and despite the fact that it sometimes drops into a little over sentimentality, it leaves a feeling of charm with the reader. To one who has spent a summer at Lake George, the story brings back pleasant recollections...
Among other books received is a "Life of Amos Lawrence," by his son. Mr. Lawrence graduated from Harvard in the class of '35, and a part of his life after his graduation was spent in active work for his Alma Mater. To him was largely due the raising of funds for Memorial Hall...
...that, at the discretion of the faculty, it may be held for even five years. The incumbent. by a provision of the fellowship, must be one who has shown especial proficiency in Greek. A part or the whole of the allotted time may, for purposes of better study, be spent at Athens, in connection with the American School for classical studies. Still another fellowship, with the same annual income of $600, is awarded to that member of the Academic Department who shall show most evidence of attainments and promise in any branch of physical science. This fellowship, founded in memory...