Word: creditably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...titles themselves almost frighten us. "Friendship," "Purpose," "Ruhmes Halle," - these have an unpleasant abstractness about them and hardly seem to belong to college journalism. Still, it must be confessed, some of these attempts at philosophy, at the ethical and the didactic, are exceedingly well made, and would reflect credit on papers of a higher order...
...Credit must be given Mr. Sullivan, the Steward of Memorial, for the interest he manifested in the Thanksgiving dinner. The success attained, in the arrangement of details of planning, cooking and serving, was due to his voluntary interest and personal superintendendence, not to any formal orders from the Board of Directors as some of the Boston papers seem to have supposed...
...them. There is no just marking symtem that is suited for Harvard's elective system. The nearest approach to justice would be an abolition of numerical marking no exact grading of students, but a general ranking by classes, such as: those not passed, those conditioned, those passed, - with credit, - with great credit, - with the greatest credit. Honors could be assigned to those standing in the upper classes. The great objection that will be urged against any general ranking system as this, will be the award of scholarships. This difficulty can be obviated by requiring those applying for scholarships to maintain...
...athletic data, records, and so forth, are conveniently arranged, and afford interesting and valuable study for those athletically inclined. This year they afford quite as pleasant and gratifying reading as the Harvard mind can wish for. Even the Cricket Club has victories recorded to its credit, and helps to swell the loud-echoing paeans of Harvard's successes...
...through the Princeton rush line, and carry the ball to the middle of the field. It was thence slowly worked to Princeton's goal and Yale backers were beginning to breathe freely as the end of the game drew rapidly near and no points were scored to Princeton's credit. But, to the amazement of the entire assembly of spectators, as Toler missed a long punt from Watkinson, Lamar, who was close behind him and near Princeton's 40-yard line, sprang into the air, caught the ball and darted straight at the Yale rush line. The Yale players seemed...