Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Moore, related to young men in politics. His views of the present condition of the Civil Service were bold, yet thoughtful, straightforward, but not opinionated, and were received with applause by the audience in the galleries as well as by his class. There was a judicious absence of the "spread eagle" in this oration...
First, the exercises have been spread over too great a part of the day. The afternoon and evening give plenty of time for the whole programme. The function of host is a difficult one at best, especially to students who have had but little practice. It would be wise, therefore, to make the burden of entertainment as light as possible by bringing the exercises into the latter half of the day. This change would cause the good things of the day to occur in such rapid succession that no visitor would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies...
...some of the undergraduates may not be familiar with Class Day traditions and etiquette, we wish to say that it is usual for the members of the lower classes to give up without demur their rooms to Seniors who may wish to spread in them. To give up one's room on Class Day is indeed a sacrifice, but, inconvenient as it is to the lower classes to be obliged to look to their friends for shelter on this day, it is much worse for Seniors who wish to spread to have their plans disarranged through the unwillingness...
...athletics do not flourish at the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, it is needless to say that in the Index's opinion "one thing has contributed not a little to the spread of this college profanity, this immorality, this vice peculiar to college, and it is the encouragement given to sports, athletic and aquatic...
Around us spread...