Word: honorability
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...wealth is not good enought to be worth all the efforts of a man's life, and here many make the great mistake, for certainly there are thousands who spend all their strength in its acquirement. Others make the object of life the attainment of social or political honors. Life is none of these; it does not consist of honor or gold, or of rank, but it is rather the development and perfecting of the character and the striving after an ideal manhood...
...church is defined as a voluntary association of people united by a common creed to honor the Christian religion. It is a corporation to be kept distinctly separate from the congregation. Church societies are frequently found which perform the financial duties of the church, thus acting in unison with it. These societies are seldom incorporated, because of the religious seruples of their members against such action...
...Elizabeth Agassiz, and Professors Norton, Goodwin, Goodale and Byerly, spoke in favor of the petition. They agreed in saying that there can be no valid objection on the ground of insufficient endowment, and that the honor of the college is pledged to the support of the Annex...
Such acts are not evidence of a lively sense of honor. The placards are a recognized means for announcing college events, and their removal is a clear subtraction from the chances of success with which these events will be held. A man has no more right to attack the prosperity of college institutions in this than in any other way. The custom of adorning walls with such placards, harmless as it may be when placards are obtained after they have served their usefulness, now threatens to become ominous for college interests. It is to be supposed that some premature removals...
...grade "honor" has been abolished in the marking system of the Institute of Technology and "credit" is the highest mark to be given in the future...