Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...engineer is the flower of humanity. He has a better appreciation of cause and effect than any other man. He must be capable of trust and faithful to duty. These are the characteristics which distinguished General Gordon. The country in which this wonderful man spent the last years of his life is an interesting one. It rolls in graceful hills covered with dry grass. Dotted here and there are groups of straw huts. Above is the clear sky and the hot sun. Near the little village bushy headed men may be seen tilling the sandy soil and women carrying huge...
Gordon went back to the Soudan and spent the next four years in fighting. He won victory after victory, taking all the natives who so wished into his service. After a time things did not go so well. He was defeated in a great battle. From that time onward his position was critical. He had never doubted being able to gather the chiefs of the country around him. Now he failed and was unable to relieve his garrisons. He made his way to Khartoum, which he proceeded to put in a state of defence. He had several little steamers...
...ninety-seven team spent the afternoon in practicing signals. The men went into it with a dash and vim, and as a result the interference was on the whole very good and the runners followed their interference closely. The team believes that it has a good chance of winning, and every man is determined to do his best...
Most of the time was again spent in playing a kicking game and in trying to perfect some method of preventing the blocking of punts. No satisfactory method has as yet been hit upon. C. Brewer's punts were blocked very often, chiefly on account of his slowness. Hamlen was more successful in punting because he was quicker than Brewer. The playing was longer and far more aggressive than heretofore...
...sophomore team had no line-up yesterday afternoon, but spent the time practicing signals. Wadsworth took Bull's place at end, and Knox. Cozzens, Hennen and Bouve played. The work was more energetic than usual, but the players were not carried out smoothly and quickly. The poor team play may be largely explained by the fact that the five men before mentioned came out so late in the season that they are unaccustomed to play together...