Word: spare
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...place and to the case. In many colleges the gymnasium even of a gilt- edged variety, is used perfunctorily it will do when the weather is too foul to play out-of-doors. In Cambridge there is a large group of men, earnest busy stu- dents, who cannot spare the two or three hours an afternoon for a major or minor sport, but who can dash into a centrally located gymnasium for forty-five minutes to keep bodies tuned up to intellectual tasks. This is precisely the group of men who most need regular daily exercise, who derive the most...
Phillips Brooks House is making a collection of recent books of fiction to be distributed among soldiers in garrisons throughout the country. Men willing to spare any such books should send them to H. F. Root '13, social service secretary, at Phillips Brooks House...
...several years, said Dr. Little, college men have been coming regularly to spend their summer vacations in the Labrador region. They usually help with manual labor, such as loading lumber schooners and building concrete reservoirs. In spare time they enjoy a variety of sports. They fish for trout and salmon, have dog-team races, and take long jaunts on skis. There is a good opportunity in this way, was Dr. Little's conclusion, for college men to do something useful and novel in the summer time...
...blank requires about five minutes and a little gray matter; to make an appointment at Tupper's takes another five minutes, while having the picture taken requires not more than twenty minutes and no thought. Surely every man in the Class who has not already done so can spare this much time, a half hour in all, from his other interests. To have an Album which will be complete it is absolutely necessary that every man do his share, and make it a point to attend to these matters. More blanks may be had from any member of the committee...
...available for these teams is smaller than the public supposes. As to the enormous outlay on teams, I am not sure that it has increased the chance of victory, and I am sure that it has damaged some players. In certain things related to athletic games the College should spare no expense; for example, she should studiously and at any cost reduce the danger to life and limb. On the other hand, the College should not watch her athletics with that kind of care which leads them to think their nervous systems the most significant thing in life and luxurious...