Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...instead, shamefully neglected, it is the Lacrosse team. Year after year this team has trained patiently without any encouragement from the college. Year after year it has brought back the championship to Harvard, sometimes all alone in its glory. And what comes of it? Is any celebration arranged in honor of the event? Are the members of the winning team rewarded even with the faintest praise for their exertions and success? Are cups voted them? The CRIMSON devotes half a column to an editorial congratulating the members of the team and the college at large for having such a team...
...said in the circular; we cannot add to the facts. But we can point out to every man that it is his bounden duty to come forward immediately and support the cause of the crew, prove the existence of true patriotism at Harvard, and uphold the athletic honor of his University. Above all, it should be remembered that such aid is wanted immediately. Do not wait to be called upon personally, but hand in your subscriptions at once...
...several others, most of which are well known; and recently a collection of bronze medals, medallions and coins of Modern Europe and America has been presented to the college by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart of New York. Perhaps the most interesting series of medals is the one cast in honor of the president of the United States by order of Congress. There is also an interesting series commemorating the Declaration of Independence...
There are a number of medals struck by the Chamber of Commerce, New York, in honor of Robert Anderson and the defenders of Fort Sumter; also one to defenders of Fort Pickens. They are in several different sizes. There is also a series of facsimiles in wood of bronze medals struck at the time of the Centennial. There is besides an important and interesting collection of medals in memory of famous French and American battles and naval victories. A large number of medals in gold and silver commemorate the election, inauguration and episodes in the career of some...
...annual dinner of the Harvard Club, of Washington, will be given at Wormley's Hotel, on Thursday evening, Feb. 16th. President Eliot will be among the guests, and a reception will be held in his honor after the dinner, at the residence of Secretary Endicott. Hon. George B. Loring is president, and Wm. Grant Webster, secretary, of the Washington Club. President and Mrs. Eliot will be the guests of ex-Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. McCulloch, during their visit to Washington...