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Word: devotees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Now, if the University should offer a course for those who intend to devote their life to business, a course that should include instruction in practical banking, book-keeping, and the principles of commerce, a great many students would be able to prepare for their future career. And such a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS EDUCATION AT HARVARD. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

THE discovery by the Corporation that, by a clause in the will of the donor, Appleton Chapel can only be used for religious services and public exercises is a most unfortunate one, as it necessitates finding some other place for the instruction in elocution which is now given there by...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

WE wish to caution the College against the present alarming tendency to form societies for every conceivable object. We by no means intend to discourage every new venture, but it would be well to remember that the energy given to a new enterprise might sometimes be better employed in keeping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

"So that, no matter from what side we approach the matter, we fail to see why a university which has been making such rapid strides as Harvard towards a thoroughly non-sectarian and national position should suddenly pause and devote large sums of money, sorely needed in other fields, to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

LAST June we spoke of the great need of a Professor of Hygiene, at Harvard, and advocated Dr. Sargent, of New York, for the position. We now take great pleasure in announcing the appointment of that gentleman. Dr. Sargent is a graduate of Bowdoin and of the Yale Medical School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

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