Word: spent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is need of plenty of strong, heavy men from whom to select the crew; but aside from this, rowing is one of the best forms of exercise, and even those who do not intend to make a specialty of athletics will find themselves well repaid for the time spent in training. It is an excellent plan to get into the habit of steady, systematic gymnasium work, such as is required of the candidates, and every man will feel the benefit of this winter's work through the remainder of his college life. The complaint is often made that...
...Porter makes a touchdown. No goal. Van Inwagan follows with a run of 40 yards. The Exeter fulback tries to kick, but Morse stops it. Harvard secures the ball and Harding carries the ball over the line for the last touchdown at 5.37. The last few minutes were spent by Exeter in wasting time...
...money seems to have been spent on the library for some time and the best way to use part of the bequest left last year for its improvement is to help the ventilation. A very slight expense in this particular would go a great ways and prove to make a vast difference in the attractiveness of the place...
...number of candidates for the freshmen eleven on Jarvis Field yesterday afternoon was exceptionally small, and the men themselves very light. Captain Clark arranged the men on sides, and a half-hour was spent in practice. As might have been expected, there was considerable fumbling, and the men did not seem to know exactly what to do or which way to run, and the quarterbacks had no idea how to throw the ball...
...graduate of Edinburgh University, now about thirty-five years of age. After his college course he spent some time studying theology in Germany, and then turned his attention to natural science. A place was offered to him at the Free College of Glasgow, where he now occupies the chair of biology. His work has not all been there, however, for in 1880 he accompanied Prof. Seikie, the geologist, in a six months' tour through the Rocky Mountains, and in 1883 went on a scientific exploration to the heart of Africa, following up the path of Livingston...