Word: devotedness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. Paine's lecture last night was devoted to following the development of instrumental music down to the time of Bach. Instrumental music naturally came after vocal music, men being endowed by nature with voices, and instruments being a matter of ingenuity and invention. It developed slowly, the church being...
"Abbreviated Longhand," is the title of a neat little text-book from the pen of Wallace Ritchie. The topic treated sets forth a system of note-taking which may be learned in a short space of time by any student, and which materially diminishes the amount of drudgery attendant upon...
"The recent decision of the President and Fellows in regard to voluntary attendance at prayers, shows that this policy still lacks something of completeness; and we hope that the next annual report will be devoted to an historical review of the progress in religious discipline for sixty years-say from...
An important portion of the report is that devoted to the library. It seems that plans have been procured for remodeling the interior of the older portion of Gore Hall, at an expense of $60,000.
Perhaps, to the average student, the most interesting portion of the report is that devoted to the athletic reforms. This subject is touched upon in the following words: