Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whatever combination of studies we have to deal with, individual marks and averages must be on a coarse scale; the system I suggest will be less definite, but more correct and just, than the present system. And it will serve the purposes of the university in determining degrees and honors. But it will do away entirely with our system of class ranking, because no such individual comparison can be justly made under an elective system. Each man will simply get credit for what he has done, and he will therefore aim at true proficiency, in place of any false, superficial...
...importance of foot-ball at Princeton was shown by the election of their captain to the highest honor for class...
...police surveillance in examinations is not only in poor taste, but is productive of positive evil. Every student who wishes to crib feels justified in outwitting a proctor. The very presence of a spy serves as an incentive to underhanded tricks. When a student is placed on his honor, and and when betrayal of that trust, means dishonor and disrepute among his fellows, he is under stronger guard than when a proctor is stationed over him. A student who would crib under such circumstances, deserves social ostracism by students, and public expulsion by the faculty. If a strong sentiment could...
...difficult as seems to be generally supposed. Let us imagine that we had a National Scientific Association, composed of the foremost scientists in the country, and that this association had a fund from which it could offer prizes for original scientific research. The honor itself of gaining such a prize would be a sufficient stimulus for many a young man, whether in college or out, and the distinction thus won would be a great help to him. By this plan the deserving and gifted young man would be brought to the front, and would take the places now too often...
...writers of the various studies are by no means all Johns Hopkins men. Harvard and other colleges have been well represented. Indeed the writer of this new work, "American Constitutions," is a Harvard graduate of the class of 1849. And yet Johns Hopkins is getting all the "national honor" that comes from the publications; and of course she deserves it, as long as she is the only institution that offers such advantages to writers. It is, however, to be regretted that other institutions do not move in the same path. And we wonder that Harvard does not seek after some...