Word: honors
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...purpose and devotion to duty; second, to his scholarly attainments, which must be such as to render a college course of real value to him; and third, to his fondness for and success in clean, manly, out-of-door sports, particularly those that call for unselfish endeavor for the honor of his side. Each scholarship is to be held throughout the recipient's college course...
...Museum has received a gift of $50,000 from Adolphus Busch of St. Louis toward the fund for the erection of a new museum, as the present building is fast becoming inadequate for the increasing number of gifts. Two years ago a fund called the Emperor William Fund, in honor of the German Emperor, was established by American friends of Germany for the maintenance of the museum in its present state, and a similar fund will be raised for the support of the new building. While abroad on leave of absence this year, Professor Kuno Francke will devote some...
...place of honor in the Monthly is justly given to Mr. Rogers's "The Jester," a story or little drama in verse of a jester who would be more than a fool. Mr. Rogers is steadily gaining skill in expression; many of his lines have a swing which one remembers, such as this: "A ruined chateau, a terrace, a garden, a summer breeze...
...June number of the Graduates' Magazine, which has just appeared, contains an usually comprehensive summary of University activities. The place of honor is given to an interesting comparison of the physical qualifications of various classes of students, under the title of "The Physique of Scholars, Students, and the Average Student," by Dr. Dudley A. Sargent. Dr. Sargent holds that an excessive attention to athletics is an evil not nearly so serious as over-attention to studies on the part of the high-stand men. From statistics of physical examinations he shows that the standard of physique of the athlete...
...evils in the conduct of athletics. The attainment of this purpose is to be effected in part by direct jurisdiction over individual students, the method of so doing to be explained hereinafter, and in part by creating the general sentiment that it is a question of individual and College honor to maintain a strict attention to scholastic duties...