Word: honored
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sistent policy. We befriended Villa, we countenanced Carranza, and we failed utterly to protect American rights and American lives. After the massacres at Santa Ysabel and Columbus, we started out to "get Villa." Today our troops are returning with purpose unaccomplished, leaving their dead and their country's honor on the sands of Mexico. The eagle that screamed so bravely at Tampico is glad to come back to roost "at any price," and we are once more the laughing-stock of the world...
...high scholarship. The number of "A's" or "B's" a man gets are of no earthly use in themselves but the acquirement by the student of the habit of concentrated work which resulted in the high grades is the valuable asset. Every man who graduates from college with honors must have learned the best method of accomplishing mental tasks thoroughly, and it is this training that assures his success in after life. Some learn the lesson of close mental application to particular problems without the aid of a college education, but the fact remains that self-made men possess...
Very fitting in this hour when the name of Norman Prince and the thought of his heroic death are alive in the minds of Americans, especially of Harvard men, the suggestion has come from a member of the Class of 1893 that a memorial be erected in his honor. It will also be remembered, however, that his service and his sacrifice have been part of a valor shared by other sons of Harvard. Doubtless to Norman Prince himself it was cause for satisfaction and a source of inspiration that many others from his own University stood with him, shoulder...
...indeed fitting that the statue or other memorial should stand, dedicated to the memory of all who served and particularly perpetuating the glory of those who died. Yet Soldiers Field is, the gift of one alumnus, Major Higginson, in tribute to soldiers whom he had especially in mind to honor, and his wishes and opinions as to the erection there of the new memorial should certainly be consulted. Boston Transcript...
...Harvard men to remember those who have done something to help France in this great war; those who served as ambulance drivers or doctors, or as combatants in the aerial service. In testifying to our undying admiration and respect for Norman Prince by the erection of a memorial, we honor ourselves and show our appreciation of his fine spirit and our sympathy for the noble cause for which he died. C. H. FISKE...