Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Sunday, at noon, the clubs left Philadelphia for Washington, which they reached in the latter part of the afternoon. Monday, Christmas Day, was spent in the capital and all who had never been there before had a good opportunity to see the principal sights before they left. A few of the men went to Mt. Vernon during the day. In the afternoon a tea was given in honor of the clubs by Mrs. John G. Walker. The concert in the evening was one of the best given during the trip, and Mr. Wilder's Hawaiian song with its political hits...
...History and instructor in Elocution in Harvard College. From 1848 to 1856 he was at the head of the most successful private school for girls in Boston. In 1856 he was made McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History in Harvard College, as the successor of Jared Sparks. He spent one year in Europe and began his work as professor in 1857. He held the McLean Professorship until 1886, when he was made Professor Emeritus. In 1888 he was chosen Overseer of Harvard College and he held this position till his death...
...Reform in this respect must come largely from university authorities or from parents; (by), (a) limiting time for football practice; (b) limiting amount of money to be spent by the team; (c) more strictly enforcing the standard of attendance and scholarship...
...three men, H. L. Prescott '94, A. S. Apsey, L. S., and A. S. Hayes, L. S., who were chosen Tuesday evening to represent Harvard at the competitive debate with Yale in January; H. L. Prescott received his school education in Salina, Kansas, and spent two years at the Salina College before coming to Harvard. While in college at Salina he was a member of the Kansas Oratorical Society and represented his college in the state debates. Here he has done little speaking except as a member of English 6, and belongs to no debating club...
...search, to forget that the culture of which we have tasted will soon be blotted out unless we foster it. Yet we students are not half so busy as we imagine ourselves. Much that we do is busy idleness, and much of our time might be spent as pleasantly and much more profitably over interesting and valuable books...