Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...item in the Echo a few days since announced the establishment at Columbia of a six-year honor course in modern languages. Scandinavian, unknown at Harvard, is included in the list; and, as far as we can judge without fuller information, the course seems to us a very complete and judicious one. That some change must soon be made in our own method is evident, and the example of Columbia may well be cited as a move in the right direction. A course covering six years will certainly be an inducement to those interested in the study of modern languages...
...seem to be giving very hearty support this fall to our University Athletics, either by subscriptions or by training, for the honor of the Crimson. The Football Team, of which we were all so proud, was well supported, it is true, when it went to New Haven, and realized a sum sufficient to be a decided help in paying its expenses. But the cost of the two New York trips was large, and on account of the bad weather but very little money was taken at the gate, so that the Team fell considerably behind in finances. The managers...
...long-drawn agony ended, I was matriculated at last; and having treated myself to a beer, and then another beer, in honor of the event, I proceeded joyfully home, with the consciousness of having made a good fight and done a good week's work...
...result of accident; and some desirable men were necessarily dropped when the candidates were numerous. If in every case the best man was not chosen, it must be remembered that in the world at large "estates, degrees, and offices" are sometimes purchased with the honor of the wearer. It is not our desire to indulge in personal comment, however; but we must aver that in its election of one officer by acclamation the class honored itself more than it could possibly honor him. And that unanimity of feeling may extend and deepen, and that '82's Class...
...Your honor lacked its noblest crown...