Word: spent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Joseph Henry Thayer, D.D., Litt.D., Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation Emeritus, died at his home at 67 Sparks street, yesterday morning at two o'clock at the age of seventy-three. He had been ill for several months and in order to regain his health he spent last summer abroad. He returned this fall somewhat improved, but about three weeks ago he suffered a relapse and gradually grew worse until his death yesterday morning. A widow and four daughters survive...
...Newell crews did not do any hard rowing yesterday. Most of the time was spent in practicing racing starts. Vail coached from a single...
...University eleven went through 40 minutes of secret practice yesterday afternoon, before leaving for Philadelphia. The first part of the practice was spent in light work to limber up the players. The team then went through about 20 minutes of signal practice. This practice was snappy and the plays were run off smoothly...
...interesting collection of relics and skeletons from the mounds of southern Mississippi has recently been unpacked in the Peabody Museum. The collection was made by Dr. Charles Peabody and Mr. W. C. Farrabee, who spent last May and June excavating mounds in Coahoma County, Mississippi, with the help of a company of ten men. The collection includes a number of well-preserved skeletons of mound-builders, some good fragmentary pottery, including many colored and decorated specimens, and an excellent collection of arrow and lance heads, knives, and other stone implements. The classification of this collection, which filled twelve large boxes...
...practice yesterday was very unsatisfactory. A great part of the time was spent in the elementary work which should have been learned early in the season. The men were lined up and given twenty minutes practice in falling on the ball. The candidates for the back-field were put through practice in catching punts, and the linemen in starting with the ball. After this elementary work, the first eleven was put through signal practice. This signal practice was gone through slowly at first, to get the men sure of their places in the various plays; but afterward the plays were...