Word: honorers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first was in May 1925 when severa of his old pupils did him honor with a joint concert...
...Meiklejohn attacks the latter belief, saying that it is unfair to the individual for the college office, having at hand no better facilities for judgment than those which modern education possesses, to determine which students are deserving of the advanced course, the special class, or the work of the honor group. It is one of the goals of the Experimental College to provide the faculties with the touchstones to make this division justly. "No observation," says Doctor Meiklejohn, "of what people are doing under certain conditions can be conclusive as to what they would be capable of under radically different...
...which were scaled during the summer by the expedition. One of the most spectacular feats was the climbing of four peaks in the Columbia ice-field in 36 hours without rest. One of the highest peaks encountered was "Mount Lowell", 10,800 feet high, named by the party in honor of President Lowell...
...Every feature of this event deepens its significance. The day, with its never-to-be-forgotten memories; the place, with its wealth of historic and solemn associations, . and, above all, our purpose to do honor to those who, though dead, yet speak...
...Lindbergh acquired the first string of honorary letters after his name; M. A. S., Master of Aeronautical Science. The honor was accorded by St. Joseph College, Philadelphia; a Jesuit institution. At the ceremonial dinner, the flyer wore a gold-lined gown, a silver tassel on his flat academic...