Word: honorable
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...offered to the class winning the greatest number of events in these winter meetings ought to arouse a certain amount of enthusiasm. The competition for it will be very close, and it is entirely a matter of speculation as to which class will receive it. It is certainly an honor worth working for and ought to stimulate each class to see that it is well represented in each contest, so that it may have a fair chance of securing it. Such a prize should go to the class that really deserves it, and any such class will have only themselves...
...five years, and if every succeeding class is morally, mentally, intellectually, and physically superior to its predecessors as we are to our brethren of '86, Cornell will, in a few years, lead the world," was received with terrific applause." The town authorities were completely deceived and made speeches in honor of '87; street parades and general rejoicings follows, and the whole party finally returned home at 2.30 A. M., by a special chartered train, having, at the end, paid squarely for their spree. But while this bright and clever set of fellows were enjoying the fun, the hapless freshmen were...
...educated men who have taken prominent places in public and private life, and has inculcated and continues to teach sound learning and pure morality. The students whose rough exteriors have been referred to are often the most deserving and ambitious, and in after life they seldom fail to honor their Alma Master. Dartmouth College needs no other or better defence than the remarkable oration of Daniel Webster, spoken years ago, in the celebrated case before the Supreme Court. [Ex.x...
...instructor in that department, a most worthy Christian gentleman, a friend of one of the trustees, whose health has broken down under the cares of a country parish. Still, this result would, we think, be more surely averted if the undergraduates would put the faculty on honor by treating its members as intelligent and responsible beings, instead of arbitrarily enforcing a ruthless discipline and harshly refusing a petition which may be unreasonable, but which is couched in unexceptionably respectful terms." The Times man is always amusing, if somewhat off the point. Besides, his sarcasm is a little behind...
...body were opposed to the roughness of the game, and there can be no doubt that student sentiment would have stepped in to prevent the repetition of such playing in another year. But the ill-advised action of the athletic committee last fall made it a matter of honor for the students to continue the game through the season. For my part, I can see no excesses to which the athletes of late years have gone that would not have regulated themselves without the interference of the faculty. Another objection we have to these resolutions, a very important objection, even...