Word: honorable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there seems to be no good reason why the men who contribute to the entertainment and spend a large amount of time and money in preparation for the different events, should not obtain some reward which shall be worthy of preserving. It is true that contestants enter rather for honor than for any substantial reward, but it is none the less certain that prizes which in themselves are worth competing for act oftentimes as a great incentive to hard and faithful work, and are no more than proper rewards for success. A step in the right direction was taken...
President Arthur gave a dinner party in honor of General and Mrs. Grant in the rejuvenated executive mansion last night...
...have never believed that the students of Harvard have yet fully understood the great art of creating and filling offices of honor and importance. It is true that many societies and other organizations exist at Harvard, and that each one of these necessitates a considerable list of officers and committees - sometimes, I have been told by the envious, a very respectable proportion of the membership list, a portion sufficient in the steady march of time to satisfy the aspirations of all concerned. But, nevertheless, in spite of all these assertions, I now have to believe that Harvard men are mere...
...reception was given in Boston last week in honor of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, emeritus professor in the Harvard. Medical School. A number of eminent medical men from distant cities, as well as those of Boston and vicinity, were present. Among those asked to meet Dr. Holmes and Dr. Bigelow were Gov. Long, Ex-Gov. Rice, President Eliot, Mayor Green, Hon. Oliver Ames, Judge O. W. Holmes, Jr., and the board of trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital...
There will be a memorial service in honor of the late President Walker at the Walker Memorial Church in Charlestown Sunday Jan. 14, at 10.30 o'clock. President Eliot will speak, and music will be furnished by the chapel choir, assisted by members of the Glee Club...