Word: honorability
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...course more than we can now understand any member of the Faculty to be to us He was a personal friend, a warm hearted and generous helper and councillor to almost every man in college for all these years. It was the fashion for every student to love and honor him. With him has passed away a certain spirit of familiarity and friendship between professors and students, for his retirement came at a time when the University was beginning to grow most rapidly and was losing somewhat the "Harvard spirit." Thus this article leads to "The Decadence of the Harvard...
...students by requiring public recitations of dialogues, translated from Latin. Although this attempt failed in its purpose, it aroused among the under-graduates a desire for volunteer displays of oratory, which was the real cause of the festival now known as Class Day. The class of 1760 has the honor of starting the custom, although the list of annual orators does not begin until 1776. Ten years later, in 1786. a poem was added as a regular part of the Class Day exercises...
...Memorial Day draws near and the tablets in the vestibule of Memorial Hall grow in their significance, there comes to us a desire to meet together and pay our tribute to those older sons of Harvard. To honor their memory, to feel again their enthusiasm, and to catch if possible some of their high, heroic spirit of self-sacrifice, the college held last year a simple service on Memorial Day in Sanders Theatre. The sentiment of that occasion left no doubt as to the question of continuing the custom; and therefore a like service will be held this year. Invitations...
...result of the athletic games on Saturday adds one more to Harvard's long list of victories on the track. To the men who represented the university so honorably and successfully we wish to extend our heartiest congratulations. The victory was clearly earned, and by a score much larger than we had dared to expect. Many a point was won by a very narrow margin, but in every case it was pure grit and determination which decided the event in Harvard's favor. In spite of rain and wind, the games never lacked in excitement. All in all they were...
...Faculty in their communication to the student committee some days ago. President Schurman addressed a joint meeting of students and faculty, explaining the conduct and attitude of the faculty toward the proposed reform. He said that the Faculty had given this proposal to put the students entirely on their honor in examinations, the most careful consideration. At first many looked on the proposed plan as revolutionary; but after several protracted discussions they came to adopt it almost unanimously. They desired that the new experiment should be tried for one year. After President Schurman's remarks the committee set forth...