Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There are several musicians in the party, and after dinner the short evening was pleasantly spent. At a little past 10 the familiar "all in" sounded and all were quickly in bed for a nine hour's rest. This morning the crew rowed again without a coach. However the work was satisfactory compared with the work in Cambridge. This afternoon Perkins came bringing the welcome news that Harry Keyes would be with us Thursday. Three-times-three for Keyes rang out with a clearness and volume that speake like nothing else the confidence all feel in him. Then arose another...
...Pennsylvania will be played. That evening the Philadelphia cricketers give the eleven a ball at Bryn Mawr Hotel, where, at the invitation of the Haverford team, they will spend the night. Saturday the game with Haverford will be played on the college grounds at Haverford. The evening will be spent at the Harvard Club in Philadelphia...
...last annual report of the college by comparison with previous reports brings out some rather interesting and decidedly significant facts as to the relative amount of time spent in the college on different studies. Statistics of this kind cannot be exact. They are based on the number of men taking respective courses, either elected or prescribed, and on the estimate held by college authorities of these courses. They give, however, a fair notion of the tendencies developed; and from 1825, the date of the first report issued, show an uninterrupted progress from the ancient to the modern, and from realms...
...this year of 1825 more than one-third the college course was spent on Greek and Latin; Mathematics occupied almost another third; history, mostly ancient, and philosophy, religiously ethical, took up a large share of the remainder. The study of English was about on a parity with the study of Hebrew. Natural Science and political economy barely gained a place in the catalogue, while the modern languages as subjects of study, were unheard...
After having spent the whole year in practice the musical clubs are prepared this evening to give their long expected concert. The time and attention which the clubs devote to getting up their music is little realized. When the time of the spring concert is drawing near, a large part of the time of a member of one of the clubs must be given up to rehearsals., This year we understand that all the clubs have been working especially hard, and that one of the best concerts in the history of the musical organizations will be given this evening...