Word: spent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college, and all honors received at entrance. Mention the name of your chum; the place you roomed at; the college societies you have belonged to and offices you have held under them, and all athletic contests in which you have participated. The nature of your life, how you spent your time, what were your chief amusements and recreations, your favorite authors and studies, should all be given. Lastly, after stating all college honors awarded to you, insert all other facts which you deem suitable...
...leisure time to mastering the art of rowint or of ball-playing, will find, although these sports afforded a healthful means of recreation while his student life lasted, that in after life they are of but little help in making the time pass more agreeably during the summer weeks spent in the country, where he yearly escapes the burdens of business or of a profession. For the chances are ten to one that after leaving college a man will never either sit in a shell or take part in a game of ball. Within easy reach of all our large...
...university has been located at Chattanooga, Tenn. It will be the central Methodist University in the South, and $80,000 will be spent on it this year...
...Clark graduated at this school in 1832, and in the next year went to Kentucky, more than a week's journey from Boston. In this almost frontier state he spent seven years, very profitably, he said, since they taught him humanity...
...last year's crew, has been persuaded to complete the task. Mr. Hull was the great exponent of the "yank," which proved so disastrous the last two years, and he has had to receive considerable instruction himself in the English stroke of Captain Cook. For this purpose he recently spent a fortnight in Philadelphia under the coaching of Mr. Cook and Mr. Wood, who performed the same service two years ago. At the same time he examined into the methods pursued by Ward in coaching the University of Pennsylvania. He has now an eight in a barge, and the rest...