Word: honorers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon last week a familiar U. S. scene was enacted for the 94th annual time. The Juniors of Yale College gathered on their inner campus and among them prowled the members of the secret senior honor societies. Hushed with excitement, doubt, hope, anticipation, the candidates stood in strained groups until, singly, the messengers found their men, smote them on the back and uttered the accolade's famed salutation...
Yale's honor societies are far from unique in nature, but at no U. S. college are inscrutable orders taken more seriously, nor have they such compelling interest for the world-at-large. At the University of Virginia there is the famed Raven, dedicated to the dark memory of Edgar Allan Poe. At Colgate there are the weird Skull and Scroll, and Gorgon's Head. University of California has its Skull and Key and its Golden Bear. Other famed senior societies: Owl and Serpent (Chicago), Iron Cross (Wisconsin), Skull and Snakes (Leland Stanford), Iron Wedge (Minnesota), Quill...
...civil authorities of Chicago have already put the city's children to work cleaning up back yards and alley ways. The finance committee of the city council has approved plans for a Court of Honor,an alley of festooned, illuminated white posts. After the Lord has enjoyed His bouquet, Chicago, always practical, will utilize this posted promenade to do honor to a convention of Elks and another of Moose...
...closed his eyes to any vision of himself on the Pontifical throne. When in the spring of 1924 he received the red hat of his cardinalcy he exclaimed (TM) the ardor of his new investiture: I have reached the topmost rung of the Iadder for an ecclesiastic?the highest honor for a churchman?while still in the prime of life. I have no other ambition...
Nothing is finally settled respecting the memorial Harvard University will erect in honor of the Harvard men who gave their lives to their country in the world war. But the statement now authorized for publication and the plans now submitted for discussion intimate that a final decision is relatively near at hand. The committee has done its work without hurry and with careful consideration of all the questions which must be answered in the decision now to be made...