Word: honorableness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...during a course of 2 years of more, or 3.40 for a single year. The object of the changes is to equalize the amount of work which must be done in order to secure an election to the society and to decrease the numbers as well as increase the honor of membership...
...disposition to cheat grows naturally out of a feeling of hostility toward the professors; with the decay of that feeling, students become less and less inclined to excuse violations of honor as acts of self-defence which are expected by both parties to the conflict. The individual's perception of honor is gradually given free play. With many this at once and decisively condemns cheating; but there remains a class which has not yet reached such an advanced moral condition. These two classes are inevitably blended, and no body of students can be divided into the honorable and the dishonorable...
...only function of a proctor to restrain the confirmed cheater. The presence of an instructor in the examination room serves also as a protection to the honorable man who does not wish to be disturbed by others less earnest than himself; it prevents in large measure such combinations of circumstances which might tempt those of no very strong powers of resistance, to cheat; and, finally, it is a matter of great convenience, all question of honor out of the consideration, to those who take examinations. The system of proctors, as now in force at Harvard, does not imply...
...annual dinner of the Harvard Southern Club was held Thursday evening at Young's Hotel, Boston. The guest of honor was Mr. Brandeis, a southerner living in Boston and a graduate of the Harvard Law School. The speakers were Mr. Brandeis, J. C. Breckenridge, and W. G. Brown...
...February 5 the semi-annual examinations were completed and with them the "Honor System," which was at first more or less of an experiment was again declared a decided success and it would seem that it has come to stay. The week following these examinations is always a gay one socially and this year it was even more so than usual. The Junior Promenade took place on the evening of February 15 in the Gymnasium. Immediately preceding the Prom. there was a concert in Alexander Hall by the University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs and a large number were present...