Word: honors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the honor, Gentlemen...
Clark university is the first institution in this country to establish the title of docent, which is its highest annual appointment. It is primarily intended as an honor to be awarded to those worthy of more prominent and lucrative positions as professors or assistant professors in colleges. It may be bestowed without examination upon a few men who have advanced beyond the requirements of a doctorate and who satisfy the requirements of the university by a thesis a public address, or in any other way, of both their scientific attainments and their teaching abilities, and, if necessary, may be accompanied...
...alumni of Oberlin college have raised a fund of $50,000 to found a Fairchild Professorship in honor of ex-President James N. Fairchild...
...from whom men derived power to cure wounds and diseases seems to have originated in Thessaly, but in prehistoric times had spread widely over Greece. The god's most important sanctuary was the Epidauros, and his greatest shrines throughout Greece were the offshoots of the Epidaurian. Games in honor of Asklepios, consisting of gymnastics, music and the representation of plays were established at Epidauros in very early times. A great many fanciful theories have been propounded as to a connection between these games and the art of healing...
...eleven last night was from all points of view a marked success and both in numbers and enthusiasm, surpassed any dinner that has ever been given by Harvard men to an athletic team. The fact is more remarkable, too, when we reflect that the team in whose honor the dinner was given has been far from successful in actual victories won. There is but one conclusion to be drawn. Captain Cumnock and his men were honored for their manly struggle and signal fair play throughout the season...