Word: spare
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...private under modern conditions. The pay of the average enlisted man should be doubled so that he would receive at least thirty dollars a month. Although section twenty-seven of the present Army Bill provides for the training of enlisted men in a score of occupations during the spare hours not devoted to military instruction, thus far no appropriation has been passed to carry out this provision. Since the introduction of this valuable instruction in different trades would make the profession of a soldier considerably more attractive, Congress should immediately pass a bill appropriating the funds for this purpose...
...they do not put much faith in our ability to administer the law justly, and surely they do not consider that we shall be so busy organizing and training the millions who will be willing to learn to fight for their country that we, unlike England today, can easily spare those who have honest convictions opposed to military service as well as those who will be willing to perjure themselves to avoid doing their duty...
Senator Horr, in an address to Harvard students, remarked that in his judgement, the men who succeeded best in life are the men who have made the best use of their spare time in college. You can probably think in a moment's time of several men in college who are contributing largely to their alma mater in the form of personal, unselfish service. They are not men of distinguished talents or of remarkable native ability, and yet they manage to turn out a great volume of work. You wonder how they do it. The simple truth is that they...
...room itself is an invaluable addition to the Library. It is an exceptional combination of beauty and utility. Probably no other university can boast of so sumptuous a room devoted entirely to reading for pleasure. When a student has a few minutes to spare he can spend them most profitably in its comfortable arm-chairs. For his selection the walls are lined with the classics of English literature in the most attractive editions. He will be furnished with books of immediate interest in the growing collection of writings on the war by Harvard men. On the whole the room will...
...rule college students have favored the shorter night plan. Some believe that they can study better in the evening than during the day, maintaining that there is so much to be done that it seems impossible to spare much time for sleep. Others actually find that they can sit up most of the night and still be fresh and vigorous...