Word: honored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...writer in one place speaks of the stimulus that liberal prizes like the scholarships would be to the rich man. What powerful incentive would money be to the man who already has plenty? The chief incentive to such a man would be the honor gained, and there are higher honors open to the scholar than those which are called scholarships. If the scholarships were open to those men who had plenty of money, it would be hardly fair to the poorer students. A rich man would feel when he won a scholarship that the money would far better have gone...
...Hamilton '96 was selected to serve as alternate. The success of the contest and the enthusiasm manifested makes it more and more evident that there is a growing interest in debate among the student body in general and it only remains to allow those who struggle for the honor or representing Princeton in this field their proper position in our respect and admiration...
...Honor," by Austin Corbin, Jr., is a decidedly clever essay, though one cannot help feeling that the cleverness is misapplied. The first two paragraphs and the last seem to be written in a serious mood and contain so much truth in such a small space that almost every sentence amounts to a truism. The rest of the essay is written in a sort of flippant, serio-comic vein, which is out of place. Honor is too grave a subject to be flippantly treated...
...Williams faculty has voted to adopt the honor system of regulating examinations which was recently proposed by the students. Williams will be the first New England college to adopt the system...
...duty of maintaining the honor of Ninety-six in scholarship rests with the students who are entitled to Commencement Parts, for these men are the scholars of the class. There should be no hesitation among the men to whom the privilege of competing for a part has been given. Their duty should be a pleasure, and not only the class but the whole University has a right to expect that they will acquit themselves with credit...