Word: honors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been definitely decided that the banquet which the Memorial Society will hold November 26 for graduates and undergraduates of the University, in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, will be held in Memorial Hall. A vote was taken on the proposition last night at the Hall, which showed that an overwhelming majority of the members were in favor...
...Shakespeare who introduced John Harvard's father, his neighbor in Southwark, to the Stratford girl whom he married. These guesses are for the most part put forth with due reserve and supported with ingenuity. The "Life" is, as a whole, a worthy attempt to give definiteness and to do honor to a figure to whom we all owe a grateful reverence...
...Although 200 years may be an arbitrary period, we are accustomed to recognize centennials and their multiples as appropriate occasions to recall to memory the most important events of history; and surely in Harvard traditions the birth of the man whose generosity to the struggling "school" earned him the honor of having this great University bear his name is an occasion worthy of suitable recognition...
...evening ended with songs and cheers in honor of the visitor...
...place of honor in the current number of the Monthly is held by Professor Schofield's article on "The Department of Comparative Literature." It is important that this new and extremely valuable department should be widely known; and Professor Schofield has here explained clearly the aims and scope of the department and the liberal spirit that underlies it. Two papers devoted to the Young Instructor, who is apparently a very disturbing character, analyze from different points of view the causes and results of his existence, and offer suggestions regarding him which will doubtless be helpful in bringing about the ultimate...