Word: highest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...government of the Union is intrusted to a President, elected by the members, - perhaps the highest social prize at Oxford, - and to a Board of Directors. The only paid official is the superintendent or steward...
...printed in such a way as to produce a misunderstanding. First come the orations in inverted order, the man who stood fourth coming first, and vice versa; then come dissertations, and then disquisitions, with the same order. Any one would surely suppose that, as the oration is the highest part, the first of those who had orations would come first; or else, if the men are printed in 4, 3, 2, 1 order, that the lowest part should be printed first. We hope this blunder will be rectified in the next report, and see no reason for not publishing...
...following men have taken final Honors: In Classics, - Honors: E. Jackson, A. B.; E. E. Phillips, A. B.; Brooks, Delano, Kelley, Patten. Highest Honors: H. M. Clarke, A. B.; Hale. In Philosophy: W. B. Hill, Porter, Case. In History, - Highest Honors: MacFarlane, Swayze, Taussig. Honors: Schofield, Hoadley, In Music, - Highest Honors: Heard...
...William Bancroft Hill, of Temple, N. H., who kept his audience constantly entertained. His oration was marked by an easy, characteristic humor, and was distinguished from the customary productions of the kind by the presence of a vein of pathos, which is always an element in humor of the highest quality...
...That the class is considerably above the average in almost every respect, is a fact so well known in college that it does not need mention. Both in athletics and in scholarship its record has been an excellent one. Many of its members, too, who have not taken the highest stand in their studies, have shown such ability that they are pretty sure to make their mark in the world. '79 has formed so large a part of the life of the College during the last four years, that her graduation leaves a large gap to be filled. The influence...