Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Baltimore papers speaks of Prof. Sylvester's approaching departure from that city in the following words. "A farewell assembly will be held in his honor at an early day, in the Hopkins Library. During his residence in Baltimore Professor Sylvester has given an extraordinary impulse to the study of mathematics; having taught a number of pupils whose services have been sought for at Harvard in the East, and the University of California in the Wesh, and at many intermediate points. Among them are Story, Craig, and Franklin, now in Johns Hopkins; Marston, of Baltimore; Gore, lately of the University...
...presence always honor giving...
...vested by far the larger share of the power of the government, and as it is republican in its character and representative of the people, it is of course the most popular branch of the government. Naturally an election to a seat in this body is considered a high honor and as such is sought after by the most intelligent and influential members of society. The conditions of election and methods of procedure are, however, essentially different from those which govern the choice of members to our house of representatives. It is not necessary that a candidate should reside...
...received several offers, the members of the faculty took it into their heads that they did not want us to have a professional trainer, and obliged the Athletic Association to break its agreement with Mr. Robinson. We sincerely hope that the time will sometime come when our feelings of honor will have some weight with the faculty in its decisions...
...Columbia's game. It is needless to say that the New York team did not appear and the telegram was returned unanswered. Many misunderstandings between colleges can be traced to just such causes as this, where the influence of some half-witted trifler has been able to compromise the honor of all his fellow students...