Word: spent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that of journalism, which fact has given rise to much comment in the daily press. Beyond a good knowledge of stenography, an easy style, and a fair understanding of the rudiments of grammar and rhetoric, nothing further is required of the average reporter. A man who has spent four years in acquiring a thorough college training naturally expects that what he has gained there ought to enable him to start in on a higher round of the ladder, and sets his hopes on entering some other profession; or, perhaps, if he has better chances of success, into some branch...
...Lathrop will commence giving instruction in wrestling to-day, between 3 and 4 p. m. The first week will be spent in practicing the many holds and breaks, and it is very necessary that those interested should begin at once...
...Bancroft, of Phillips Academy, Andover, has been presented with a purse of money, to be spent in travel in Europe and the Levant...
...further developments, in the meantime casting furtive glances at the bashful maids across the hall. After a while, when it became apparent that nothing further was expected of the men, except that they should go home, they cheerfully departed, congratulating each other on the delightful evening they all had spent. On the way home they gave vent to their pent up enthusiasm in a serenade to the young ladies of Lasselle...
Professor Crosswell, formerly of the Greek department at Harvard, spent part of his Christmas vacation in Cambridge...