Word: honoring
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Eugen Kuehnemann will deliver a lecture on "Bismarck und Deutschland" in Emerson J on Thursday, April 1, at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be given in honor of the 94th anniversary of Bismarck's birth, and it will be open to the public...
Immediately after the lecture the Deutscher Verein will present "Einer Muss Heiraten," a one-act farce, by A. Wilhelmi, in the Assembly and Committee Rooms of the Union. At the close of the play there will be a "Kneipe" in honor of Professor Kuehnemann...
...said that among the many salubrities he had met, Mr. Ade was one of the best. Mr. Ade, just before starting for Egypt to look for some new American jokes, attended a dinner in honor of a certain Mr. Biff Hall, lately elected alderman, and was assigned to a seat beside him. At the close of the dinner a great loving-cup was passed around, each man giving an appropriate toast. When it got to Mr. Ade he rose and said "Hall, pull, graft, alderman...
...Bangs said that he once was fortunate enough to be at a banquet in honor of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. When his turn came to speak, feeling particularly impudent, he asked Mr. Carnegie, why, if he wished to do something really worth while for American literature, he did not carefully seek out the six worst authors in America, and pay them a salary to refrain absolutely from writing. "That is an excellent idea," replied Mr. Carnegie, "what is your address...
Aside from this, the honor of representing the University in any sport is an incentive to study. The undergraduate members of this institution do not regard too favorably a man with athletic ability who fails to meet the requirements of the College office...