Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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GLOBE THEATRE. - Rosina Vokes in "Nan," "In Honor Bound," and "The Tinted Venus...
GLOBE THEATRE. - Rosina Vokes in "Man," "In Honor Bound," and "The Tinted Venus...
...with the dignity of the society, every member should feel it his duty to attend. Often the success of such societies is imperiled at the outset by placing in office men who possess only the slightest knowledge of parliamentary rules, or whose interest soon fags after they receive the honor of an election. As the only society at Harvard devoted exclusively to debate and practice in parliamentary procedure the Union has become one of the permanent fixtures of the university. It has ever been recognized by the faculty as a valuable adjunct to the regular college work, and many...
...scarcely has the final cheer been given when the word "Break ranks," is heard, and an indiscriminate rush for their precious fence ensues; the first, in their eagerness to sit upon the coveted fence are thrown pell-mell over the other side, and a struggling mass contests for the honor of being the first seated, fully five minutes elapsing before order is restored...
...shameful desecration has recently come to our notice. It seems that a number of the flags placed in the transept of Memorial Hall on Decoration Day have been taken from the tablets. It is hard to believe that anyone could have so little respect for the honored dead as to commit such an act; but that a Harvard man should steal from the hall, erected in honor of the brave sons of Harvard who fell in the war for the Union, the emblems which were there left as a token of respect for their grand sacrifice, seems incredible. But such...