Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Half an hour or more is spent in this social, festive circle, after which the dons break up into little parties, and go to their rooms, where they pass the time in a cloud of smoke till nearly midnight...
...coaching of John Clarkson. of the Boston League team. All the men will be given every chance to show their worth, but as soon as possible the second-rate men will be weeded out so as not to take the coach's limited time which may be more palatably spent on the most promising candidates. The men weeded out are not to be dropped, however; they are to devote their attention to the class nines and to the second 'varsity nine which will, in all probability, be formed in the spring. There the men will be closely watched and given...
...University to be placed in the museum. It contains a large number of interesting and valuable East Indian. Chinese and Japanese Jewelry, curios and carvings. The articles of the will relating to Harvard are given below. It will be seen that only part of the money given need be spent in the building: part may be devoted to the purchase of works of art. The building will not be erected for at least a year, and will certainly cost less than the full two hundred thousand. The location has not yet been decided upon...
...preferred to travel by night, they left for New York where they arrived Friday morning in time for breakfast at the Fifth A venue Hotel. It was lucky that there was no reception arranged for the men in New York, as they were all so tired that they spent a greater part of the day in sleeping. in spite of which their singing showed the effects of so much travelling, though they sang with much snap...
...next morning we left for St. Louis, and the dinner provided for us at Champagne was so poor that we were given one on the dining car. The day on the train was spent as usual, the men reading and playing cards and instruments; in fact the whole trip was made to the banjo accompaniment...