Word: died
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...country around the nucleus already formed. Men go to Harvard and Yale because they believe that at those institutions they will find the best general faculty and methods of teaching, although in some one department they may feel that some other college is superior. Brilliant professors die but thoroughly organized systems do not. It is the policy of the Berlin University at present to collect all the leading professors of Germany with its faculty. In the end it will be in Germany as in England and America; Berlin will be the national university and the remaining institutions will degenerate into...
...made of the system of excuses for cuts. "If a student is too ill to attend recitation," wails the Dartmouth, "he must crawl up (or get a friend to carry him on a shutter) and inform the professor of the fact, and obtain permission to crawl back and die...
...around a tree, and then go back to slide down. The junior will not need the rope, for he will be down at Carl Mattes' until all the fires on the premises have been extinguished. The senior will take a last, long lingering look at his Langtry chromo and die happy. - [Argonaut...
...past. Recent events, however, have proved that these outbreaks still remain as institutions of some of our leading colleges. At Yale, in spite of the strong attitude of the college papers in favor of allowing the annual "banger" rush, which takes place on Washington's birthday, to die out, as did the freshman theatre parties, in vogue up to last year at Harvard, the class of '86 gave their voice in favor of perpetuating the silly custom by appearing with huge canes Thursday morning. This was taken as a challenge by the sophomores, who cheered the freshmen on their...
...native of India, and can read and write and talk in twelve languages, having a wonderful gift in that way, besides being well up in mathematics, astronomy and history. She is studying medicine, and will go to India to practice, where she says thousands of her countrywomen die every year because they will not consult male physicians...