Word: decorum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Judging from the rude and puerile conduct of certain members of Fine Arts 4, it would seem that such a course in manners should be prescribed, for evidently a sense of decorum can not be inspired in these individuals by the mere association with gentlemen...
...been any trait to distinguish the Harvard students from their fellows in other colleges, it has been their prevailing regard for gentlemanly conduct,- their almost universal courtesy. We have been charged with snobbishness and indifference, but even our enemies have conceded to us a general respect for outward decorum, and abhorrence of boyish and "Kiddish" conduct. During the present year many things have happened which seem to show that we are in danger of losing our former high reputation. Such acts as the painting of the Fogg Museum, and the explosions at the lecture last Wednesday evening, would have seemed...
...rank of virtues; then of valor, of generosity, of perfect refinement and gentleness. There were other virtues which do not now pass as such. Youth was lauded, age condemned. Without joy, whether active or passive, none could be virtuous; still less without measure, by which was meant method, regularity, decorum. But greater than all these was the virtue most peculiar to their society and destined to have the greatest vogue in Europe: love. As a Christian virtue, love was already sufficiently familiar; but the new notion was different from the old, and even antagonistic to it. It carried with...
...maintenance of satisfactory order and decorum, however, is regarded as so essential, that if this end cannot be otherwise secured, it will become necessary to require the occupants of the hall to withdraw at the close of the term, and to fill their places with other applicants from these or other departments...
...would not only have marred the success of the dinner, but reflected discredit on Harvard men in general, the class of Ninety-four must have made a distinct gain in public estimation. In this she has done honor to the college. We congratulate her heartily on her sense of decorum, as well as on her manly and enthusiastic spirit...