Word: slavish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are few, if any, Yale men who ask that Yale become a slavish imitator of Harvard. It is an open secret, however, that all the faculties at New Haven are not harmonious bodies, and it is well known that discontent is widespread among the alumni. This is not the place to discuss at length the causes of this want of harmony and of this discontent, but many believe that prominent among them is the lack of any central power to direct the course and guard the interests, not of this or of that department, but of the university...