Word: honors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...arranged that the prize winners justify the selection by their subsequent life. But have our prize winners done as much for the public as it has a right to expect? That the men who have won scholastic distinction at Harvard have later won more than their proportionate share of honor in the outside world has been shown by Professor Lowell's investigations. Though this is equally true in other colleges, the proportion is not nearly so decisive as it should...
...choose men on their merits as shown during these past three years, men who have been tried and not found wanting, men whose ambitions and hopes have been towards the best things in the life of the class. There are men in the class who are worthy of the honor of such an election for what they have done in behalf of their fellows or their College; there are other men who by the sheer force of personality have come into vital touch with the best interests of the class, and are worthy of reward...
...should the fact be overlooked that there is more to be considered than the mere honor of an election. There is much painstaking work to be done in connection with most of the offices, work which requires different kinds and degrees of ability. These positions of importance must be competently filled as well as honorably and it is of great importance to the class that they be so filled...
...meeting in Sanders Theatre tonight is in recognition of those men who have obtained honor stands in their work. It should emphasize the fact that more men are doing scholarship work each year, including men who are interested in other things as well, and that men are realizing more and more the intimate connection between vigorous intellectual effort in College and the attainment of distinction along this and other lines in later years...
...needed, who will have to learn much, but who must pursue a steady policy, for that is the only way to gain success. President Eliot said that he had always been interested in athletics and in the success of the Harvard teams; but he has always believed that honor is first, success second. Last year's crew under the able lead of Captain Richardson remedied a grave defect in our rowing system, one that was no- ticeable for a dozen years; and more important than this, they really enjoyed their practice on the river and showed thereby that victory could...