Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...extinction of the "Lyceum" there was no magazine to preserve the best literary work of the college. But in 1827 a new periodical called "The Harvard Register" was initiated into the world of literature. It was published once a month, its editors being members of the senior class. The motto adopted by its founders, Byron's famous dictum, "I won't philosophize, and I will be read," seems to indicate that the lesson of the failure of its predecessor had been learned and that ponderous articles would be eschewed. Among its more famous editors were C. C. Felton, later professor...
...letter societies. It was established by the class of '59, among whom Greek-letter societies had fallen into great disrepute. The object of the society is the pursuit of literary and social enjoyment. The members are taken from the senior class, and the membership is limited to sixteen. The motto of the society is "Ars celare artem." The society has no rooms of its own, but meets in the rooms of the various members. In these meetings it has been customary to keep the literary aims of the society firmly in view, and not to allow the social element...
...seal of the Institute bears the motto, "Haec Studia Adolescentiam Alunt." Within the inscription there is an open scroll lying upon a book. In the background, an inkstand. Beneath the whole is the date of its foundation...
...college of William and Mary of Virginia. The society quickly extended to Harvard, and a chapter was founded there in 1781. The object of the society was the promotion of literature and friendly intercourse among scholars, but only those students who obtained a high rank were admitted. The motto of the society is "Philosophia, Biou Kubernetes," or "Philosophy, the Guide of Life." The Phi Beta Kappa now has chapters in very nearly every college of note in the country...
...first element in Yale life is a certain large minded and fair minded love of truth. Lux et veritas is our motto. But in the search after truth there are two tendencies. The seeker for fight, who finds a form of thinking handed down by the fathers, may accept it because of its very antiquity. Progress is the law of the world, let me be free from prejudices of old ideas. These tendencies are inharmonious. But the fair and large-minded man lies between these two. The man who follows that is a creature of hope and remembrance. He does...