Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Candidates who take the honor examinations in Greek and Latin Composition will be excused from the corresponding final examinations in Greek 4 and 6 and in Latin...
...faculty have desired that required these by non-honor men cannot be substituted for forensics, that is, they have passed the extroadinary rule that candidates for honors, simply because they are such, no matter whether they take the honor examinations or are awarded honors, shall be ret red from one twenty-first part of this year's work. Now the question is. "Have or have not the less favored non-honor men the right to demand that this rule shall be carried out according to the dictates of common sense and the spirit of this university?" It is currently reported...
...that given in the English department can be explained by the fact that although in a forensic matter is regarded of prime impostance, still form is also to be taken into consideration, and more than this original research can hardly be expected in a forensic. In the case of honor theses, this is not true. Although a man is not always expected to advance new and startling theories, still an amount of original work and study of authorities is expected which can easily explain why a theses that is worth the maximum mark regarded as a forensic, is worth...
COLUMBIA.The marking system of Columbia College is not complex; the maximum mark is 100 per cent. in the college and school of mines. The minimum or passing mark for freshmen and sophomores is 50 per cent.; for juniors and seniors, 60 per cent. The honor classes are made up of students whose standing for the four years has been above 80 per cent. First class those having total mark 95-100 per cent. Second class, those having a total mark of 90-95 per cent. Third class, those having a total mark of 80-90 per cent...
...published semiannually, unless the professor chooses to make them known monthly. The monthly mark of the student in every department counts 50 per cent. The remaining 50 per cent. is made up by the semi-annual examinations, the two together making the maximum work for the term. The chief honor on commencement day is the Greek salutatory. Number two delivers a Latin oration. Others in second honor class have English orations. The Valedictory address is delivered by a student whose only requirements are that he shall be an honor man, he shall be nominated by the faculty, and be elected...