Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...understand their position, however. When the undergraduates call upon the graduates for help they do not ask it of every man who has received a degree from the University, but who never did anything for athletics while in college. Such men, armed with theories which a man who has spent a year or two in training knows are utterly useless, can accomplish nothing. It is men of this type who make all the trouble, and who make the undergraduates disgusted. Such men had best do all they can to urge other men of recognized ability to give advice. The athletic...
...necessitated one or two changes, so that at present the '93 crew is rowing as follows: Keyes (stroke), Davis 7, Hathaway 6, Slade 5, Baldwin 4, Post 3, Hand 2, Brewer bow. Burgess, the captain of the '93 crew, has not been rowing regularly with the crew, but has spent most of his time in coaching. During the next two weeks W. Alexander '87, under whom the crew was last year, will probably coach them. He will also coach the junior crew...
...Farley has spent his life partly in Providence, R. L., and partly in Brooklyn, N. Y., in charge of Unitarian congregations. At present he resides in Brooklyn, where he is pastor emeritus of a Unitarian church. He is the author of several works relating to the church and like matters. His photograph hangs in the college library...
...years succeeding his graduation Mr. Bancroft spent in Germany, at the University of Gottingen, where, in 1820, he received the degree of Ph. D. He then repaired to the University of Berlin, in order to prosecute various other courses of study. He made a specialty of history, although preparing for the ministry. After an extended tour of Europe the young traveller returned to America and soon abandoned the idea of following his father's profession. It was then that he first thought of writing a history of the United States...
Again Mr. Bancroft was to represent his native country abroad and in 1867 became minister to Prussia. Seven years later he returned to Washington, where he has since resided. He then issued the tenth volume of his history and revised the whole work in 1876. He spent the next four years on a history of the government of the United States from 1783 to 1789. Mr. Bancroft's library, consisting of 12,000 volumes, is one of the finest collections in the country...