Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Smith College has the honor of having originated a unique style of entertainment, which takes place when the young ladies celebrate having finished the study of astronomy. It is known as the "Celestial Party." The floor of the hall which is to be the scene of the festivities is marked off into orbits, and numerous young ladies, handsomely and fancifully dressed to represent the planets, such as Ceres, Hygea, Astraca, Vesta, Ariadne, Flora and Terpsichore, revolve and rotate through these orbits around a young man dressed in flame-colored habiliments to represent the sun, who discourses to his satellites...
...scale of five are assigned on daily recitations and examinations. Different professors have different estimates of the comparative values of these marks - one considering recitation and examination marks of equal value, and another counting examination marks of less value than recitation marks, etc. For commencement speakers ten "honor-girls" are chosen, on the basis of "general scholarship, literary ability and good conduct throughout the college course...
...class photograph committee of '83 is to be congratulated on the success of their work. Their energy in securing the requisite number of subscriptions for the heliotype album deserves especial commendation. '83 among her other achievements has, through their energy, the honor of being the first class to have class albums of this sort...
...WATERMAN, Supt.Curtis Guild, Jr., who has been admitted a partner in the firm of Curtis Guild & Co. (Commercial Bulletin) of this city, graduated with high honor at Harvard in 1881, and delivered the class oration. While in college he was on the editorial staff of two of the college newspapers, and is a young man of fine literary attainments as well as business ability. - [Transcript...
...should have been the heavy-weight sparring, but, as there was only one entry, it was not contested and the cup was awarded to D. N. Baxter, '83, who thus becomes heavy-weight champion for the year 1882-83. It is unfortunate that no adversary appeared to contest the honor with Mr. Baxter, as he has been sparring steadily all winter and would have, undoubtedly, stood an excellent chance of winning the general excellence...