Word: devotedness
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The name of the Amateur Athlete is to be changed to The Cyclist and Athlete. This paper is devoted to amateur sport, and has departments pertaining to Bicycling, Lawn Tennis, Foot Ball, Athletics, etc. Paying attention as it does to college sports and games, it is of interest to all...
Daniel Webster was taught the letters of the alphabet by his mother and it is said that, when he had attained his tenth year she prophecied that he would become eminent. The first school house Webster ever entered was built of logs, and his first teacher was William Hoyt. The...
The meeting of the Harvard Union this evening, will be devoted to the discussion of the following proposition : "Resolved, that the enfranchisement of the negro, as accomplished by the 15th amendment, was a mistake." For the affirmative : Messts. J. W. Merriam, '86, J. M. Garrison, '88; for the negative, Messrs...
It will perhaps be interesting to compare with these American schools the instruction offered at the Free School of Political Science in Paris. The course is for two years, extending from November to June. Instruction is divided into four sections, Administrative, Diplomatic, Economic and Financial, and the General Section. The...
Doubtless the field best known throughout the world as devoted solely to sport and recreation is "Lords," the great cricket field of London, the home of the famous Marylebone Club. It has a peculiar and not uninteresting history, having been started about a hundred years ago, and having twice changed...