Word: valedictorian
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...action of the gentleman, at Williams, in refusing the position of valedictorian, because he regarded it as an honor obtained from the marks he had received by a system that he did not approve, has called forth many articles on the method employed of distinguishing the different grades of scholarship attained by men at college. By some, the marking system is upheld, as the only means to prevent idleness and neglect, and as an unfailing incentive to "healthy, honest competition," as one contemporary has it; others trace from it all the prevalent evils that result from overwork and cramming, while...