Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...violate the purposes for which the college was founded, as expressed in the motto on its seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, the petitioners may reply that the oldest college seal, the one nearest the foundation of the college, had the simple but comprehensive motto, Veritas; and in the name of truth, they make their petition. Or, if the incongrous present seal be still held across their request, it would be in order for them to remind the objectors that he for whose glory they claim the college was founded said : "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast...
Whig Hall boasts as its founder, James Madison, and is something more than a hundred years old. Clio, as her rival is familiarly termed, is a few years older, and sets up that fact as a match for Whig's founder. The truth is that the numbers and influence of both societies remain about equal, and there appears to be no danger of either one's obtaining a preponderance in any direction. In the list of honorary members, Whig and Clio divide nearly all of the professors and instructors of the college, and number besides many of the most distinguished...
...free exchange of views between us, and those over us, would result in a more hearty co-operation between the governed and the governors of this university. If nearly ninety per cent. of us are in error about morning prayers, we are surely worth converting to the truth...
...rowing room itself, but the uncurtained window in the door has never been an obstacle to any outsiders' view of the men at work. The statement "that Harvard's having a professional trainer was not known until a few days before the race" looks the important basis of truth, for the fact was known to the undergraduates and all men in Boston, and vicinity interested in our success on the water. Last year's victory was hardly due to professional training no matter how important it may have been...
...have our little dissenters and deists, our little men of every stamp, but we have also men and students who are not little, who do not affect an unnatural unbelief. And they represent Harvard opinion. Any claim to the contrary is a misrepresentation of us and of the truth. If cheap publications must comment on us, let them do it with at least some knowledge of facts and less use of the perverted...