Word: devotee
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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A year ago a large sum of money was left by a millionaire for the purpose of founding a university at Worcester, in spite of the fact that both Harvard and Yale, two of the few American colleges which can lay a just claim to the title of "university," are...
If these would-be founders could only recognize what a true university is, and devote their money to the few such that we have in America, it would be much more useful in aiding the higher education of Americans than is the present craze of founding universities. The "Presto, change...
There was an unusually large number of students and visitors present at vespers last evening. After Dr. F. G. Peabody made the introductory prayer, the cxxxviii. Psalm was read by the congregation. Dr. Phillips Brooks spoke very feelingly of the incident of Christ in the wilderness. He said it was...
H. J. Furber, Jr., a young man yet under 20 years of age, is preparing to found a great university in Chicago, after that of Heidelberg. He will devote one million dollars as an inducement for other citizens to join in the movement.- Princetonian.
H. J. Furber, jr., a young graduate of the late Chicago University, who is now studying in Berlin, is preparing to found a great university similar to that at Heidelberg in Chicago. He will devote $1,000,000 as an inducement for others to join in the movement.