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Word: devotees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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The Yale men support their papers as they support their teams-energetically; and do all things they attempt thoroughly. We devote all our powers to neglecting everything that does not increase our personal pleasure.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/10/1887 | See Source »

Now, it seems as if the whole affair might be much improved, at any rate made briefer and more pointed, if the debating on the floor were confined to a limited number of speakers on each side. if such were the case, men who have nothing to say might feel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/27/1887 | See Source »

Is this a good plan? It certainly seems to be, yet it has its advantages and disadvantages. The science of medicine has become so far advanced that three years is not long enough time to devote to the study of it. Three years are not sufficient to make a man...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College and the Medical School. | 10/4/1887 | See Source »

The direction which our university is taking is one that is forced upon her by the progressive spirit of the age, and although the total of the courses given at Harvard may exceed that given in any other educational institution in America, a careful inspection would show that certain departments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choice of Elective Subjects. | 6/15/1887 | See Source »

Williams College will have no freshman nine this year, but will devote her entire energy to her 'Varsity team of which Perry, '87, is captain.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/15/1887 | See Source »

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