Word: spent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...debt which has so long been hanging over it, and this attempt should meet with hearty co-operation on the part of the students. The present management is able, energetic, and conscientious, so that no one need fear that what he subscribes will be wasted, or spent in any but the most desirable and effective way. Let the new year be begun in the right spirit, with a hearty response from every man in college to the calls for support of our worthy athletic organizations. Let us put the Boat Club on a sound financial basis at once, and with...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - While so much has been done to help poor young men to get an education at Harvard, it is singular that some provision has not been made to provide them with text books. The money spent for books is quite a large item in the college expenses of a poor young man, but there are rich students, on the other hand, who throw away many of their old books, or have them in their rooms when they graduate. If an appeal were made, and a person appointed to take charge of the matter, hundreds of discarded books...
...Yesterday the heavy-weight men, such as candidates for throwing the hammer, putting the shot, tug of-war, etc., were represented only by Gibson, '88, who for this time exercised in the class of runners, jumpers, and the light-weight generally. The third class is termed the walkers, who spent some time yesterday in walking around the track in the gymnasium. Bemis, '87, Wright, '86, and Lord, '88, make up this class. The class which includes the runners is by far the largest. For short distance running, Smith, '86, Lander, '86, L. Thayer, '88, Rogers, '86, Stanton...
...Waterman, '85, well known as the superintendent of the Co-operative, spent his holidays in Cambridge...
...some interesting facts concerning the objective for the great telescope of the Lick Observatory in California. It being impossible to get the glasses cast satisfactorily in this country, the Clarks sent to Paris after them soon after receiving the order from the trustees of the Observatory. Considerable time was spent before the first glass, the flint, was successfully cast, and this did not reach Mr. Clark until about three years ago. A very much longer delay accompanied the casting of the crown glass, which was received last October. The original castings were an inch or more greater radius than after...