Word: honorability
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...different phases of heroism the heroism of poverty, of those noble students who offer upon the altar of sacrifice their scholastic hopes in order that they may win bread for a widowed mother; the heroism of sickness, of those who have brave souls in weak bodies; the heroism of honor, of those who keep silent concerning a friend's failings and infamy rather than that a worshipping mother may become brokenhearted...
...they need? I have talked with several prominent Yale men who appeared to be quite sick and tired of these incessant bickerings about games. I am sure that every man in Yale and Harvard wants to see fair play in every game. Why not trust to their sense of honor and let each organization arrange its contests as it wants them? Let the beaten party challenge the winner by a confidential letter, and if there is any dispute let it be private...
...types of women-"Androwmache the young wife and mother who in losing Hector must lose all-Penelope loyal under hard trial to her long absent lord; the Helen of the Iliad, remorseful, clearsighted, keenly sensitive of any kindness shown her at Troy; the Helen of the Odyssey, restored to honor at her home at Sparta; the maiden Nausicaa, so beautiful in the dawning promise of a noble womanhood-perfect in her delicacy, her grace, her general courage...
...James McMahon, of the Cornell mathematical department, has been elected a member of the London Mathematical Society. This honor is shown to very few Americans...
...been more than once disproved during the last three or four years by the yearly reports given officially from many of the largest colleges in the country. The Yale News has interested itself in the matter, and the following figures are the results of investigations in regard to the honor men in the senior and junior classes at Yale. In connection with each team is given the number of men from '90 and '91, the appointment held by each and the number receiving no appointment...