deturn.
/ˈdiːtə/ A prize of books given annually at Harvard College, U.S., to meritorious students: so called from the first word of the accompanying Latin inscription. The prizes are provided from the bequest of the Hon. Edward Hopkins who died in 1657.
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1836 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 10 The ‘deturs’ have been given out, and I have got Akenside's Poems.
1883 Harvard Univ. Catal. 110 A distribution of books called Deturs is made..near the beginning of the Academic Year, to meritorious students of one year's standing. Deturs are also given to..members of the Junior Class who..have made decided improvement in scholarship. Last year twenty-nine Deturs were given in the Sophomore Class and five in the Junior Class.
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