Word: devoto
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...writing with which they were unfamiliar. The masters were doomed to drabness, the department to emasculation. But if ever this assault was justified, it is not now. Certain professors, like Mr. Hillyer, are capable judges of all forms of writing. Others who feel their jurisdiction limited, such as Mr. DeVoto, exclude certain forms, as he does poetry. Whether the student be a specialist or a genius budding in all directions, a little foresight is bound to direct him into the right course...
With the publication of his first contribution in the current issue, Bernard DeVoto '20, lecturer in English and prominent authority on American letters, becomes the editor of "The Easy Chair" of Harper's Magazine...
...Lecturer DeVoto, who has become widely known through his articles in Harper's on subjects ranging from the Mormon frontier, through New England and its spirit, to the philosophy of Pareto, is the author of "Mark Twain's America" and several works of fiction...
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the Vagabond will appear in humble mood to hear Mr. DeVoto on Willa Cather. (Sever...
...Bernard DeVoto, well-known novelist and critic, will be the guest of honor at the Adams House dinner tonight...