Word: honored
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...disappointed over. It is instead a challenge to our patriotism, to our ambition. The prosperity of a country depends not alone on its showing in trade, but on its possession of a surplus in brains. We have only a few men who have achieved distinction in scholarship. All honor to them for their fidelity to the intellectual ideal, their devotion to the best scholarship! With these stands a larger group, and in it there are the names of many Harvard men-Goodwin, Richards, James, Royce, Pickering. Harvard surely is at the head in America, but at the head of what...
...last Monday at the home of his brother in Gwathmey, Virginia, at the age of 47 years. Mr. Howell was one of the foremost American authorities on whist, and was the author of "Howell's Whist Openings," and "The Howell Method of Duplicate Whist." When in College he was honor man in mathematics and for several years after graduation taught mathematics at Johns Hopkins University...
...fight a duel, in order to silence the mockers who have ridiculed his passive attitude toward his adversaries. He therefore picks a quarrel with an army officer, Jules Chamberiot, who has come to the office of the ministry to file a claim for a cross of the Leghorn of Honor, but who lacks the necessary deputy's, endorsement for his petition. Blanche-Misserone agrees to endorse the solder's petition, and Chamber lot in return makes a pretense of a duel, thus silencing the mockers of Blanch-Misserone, and at the same time obtaining his medal...
...Undergraduate and graduate opinion frowns upon this form of making capital out of connection with the University, but as long as the evidence obtained is used only to prevent past offenders from enjoying further privileges, individual consciences alone will regulate the practice. Surely no one who really believes it honorable to dispose of his tickets will object to having his sentiments made public; and those who act contrary to their ideas of honor deserve little consideration...
...President of the French Republic has promoted Edward Henry Strobel '77 from the grade of Officer of the Legion of Honor to that of Grand Officer of the order. This is a promotion of two grades, and is undoubtedly owing to Professor Strobel's distinguished services in securing the recent treaty between France and Siam. Professor Strobel was a member of the class of 1877, graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1882, and received the degree of LL.D. in 1906. From 1885 to 1890 he was secretary to the United States legation at Madrid. From...